Noise impairs children's performance in complex listening tasks beyond simple identification, with children affected more than adults¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 2 studies · 2 review r2–r3 · q2
Currency · newest study 2013 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Single-talker speech and classroom noise produced substantial decrements in elementary school children's execution of complex oral instructions, while adults were less affected. → Klatte M 2013 q2 i? Broadband noise combined with reverberation significantly impaired discourse comprehension in 8- to 12-year-olds, and the effects could not be attributed to impaired identification. → Klatte M 2013 (2)

Evidence¶

Klatte M 2013¶

Klatte M, Bergström K and Lachmann T (2013) Does noise affect learning? A short review on noise effects on cognitive performance in children. Front. Psychol. 4:578. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00578

q2 · i? · review · r3

The review reports this experimental listening-comprehension study: "substantial decrements due to single-talker speech and classroom noise in elementary school children", with adults less affected.

"Klatte et al. (2010a) used a listening task requiring execution of complex oral instructions and found substantial decrements due to single-talker speech and classroom noise in elementary school children. Adults were less affected."

Klatte M 2013 (2)¶

Klatte M, Bergström K and Lachmann T (2013) Does noise affect learning? A short review on noise effects on cognitive performance in children. Front. Psychol. 4:578. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00578

q2 · i? · review · r2

The review reports this simulated-classroom study found "significant impairments in discourse comprehension in 8- to 12-year-olds" under noise plus reverberation, effects not attributable to impaired identification.

"Valente et al. (2012) reported significant impairments in discourse comprehension in 8- to 12-year-olds due to broadband noise combined with reverberation. The noise effects found in these studies could not be attributed to impaired identification."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Auditory Processing — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

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