Cognitive training gains are maintained or further enhanced at two-month follow-up¶

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q3 i3 At follow-up, selective attention remained significantly elevated above baseline in both groups (EG-HL d = 2.40) and phonological short-term memory gains were sustained in both groups (CG-HL d = 1.40, EG-HL d = 1.37). → Ockelmann 2025

Evidence¶

Ockelmann 2025¶

Ockelmann, J., Scherpiet, S., Stropahl, M. & Giroud, N. (2025). Personalized and gamified auditory-cognitive training improves naturalistic speech-in-noise comprehension in older adults with hearing loss. npj Science of Learning. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-025-00369-4

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Simple-effects analyses within each group across pre-training, post-training, and two-month follow-up sessions of the cognitive battery. Selective attention "remain[ed] significantly elevated at follow-up relative to baseline" (EG-HL "d = 2.40"); phonological STM gains were also sustained at follow-up in both groups (CG-HL d = 1.40, EG-HL d = 1.37), with no significant declines between post-training and follow-up.

"with performance remaining significantly elevated at follow-up relative to baseline (CG-HL: β = 21.19, 95% CI [5.61, 36.78], p = 0.008, d = 2.14; EG-HL: β = 23.74, 95% CI [14.76, 32.72], p < 0.001, d = 2.40)"

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