Children are more susceptible than adults to the effects of environmental noise on cognitive performance¶

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Evidence · 1 study · review r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2014 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Children are more susceptible to noise exposure than adults, and children with language or attention disorders or second-language learners are more impaired by noise than controls. → Wetzel N 2014

Evidence¶

Wetzel N 2014¶

Wetzel N (2014) Development of control of attention from different perspectives. Front. Psychol. 5:1000. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01000

q2 · i? · review · r2

The editorial reports, citing Klatte et al. (2013), a review of studies on children's acute or chronic noise exposure and its impact on speech perception, listening comprehension, and reading performance.

"The authors emphasize that children are more susceptible to noise exposure than adults. Furthermore, children suffering from language or attention disorder, or second-language learners are more impaired by noise than controls."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Children with language or attention disorders and second-language learners are more impaired by noise in speech perception than age-matched controls — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
• Noise impairs children's performance in complex listening tasks beyond simple identification, with children affected more than adults — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Children's speech perception in noise is more impaired than adults', requiring higher signal-to-noise ratios for comparable performance — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Irrelevant changing-state sounds impair children's serial recall of visually presented items, with developmental evidence pointing to two mechanisms — related
• Chronic exposure to indoor noise and reverberation at school is associated with poorer children's reading and prereading skills — related
• Chronic aircraft noise exposure is associated with lower reading comprehension in children, with a linear exposure–effect relationship — related
• Meaningful background speech impairs delayed memory for texts in teenagers more consistently than transportation noise — related