Higher pure-tone average (greater hearing loss) is associated with higher self-perceived listening effort and lower self-perceived hearing qualities in daily life¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 2023 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? PTA significantly predicted listening effort (OR = 1.55, 95% CI[1.32, 1.81], p < 0.001) and speech, spatial, and hearing qualities (OR = 0.75, 95% CI[0.65, 0.86], p < 0.001). → Raffael Schmitt 2023

Evidence¶

Raffael Schmitt 2023¶

Raffael Schmitt, Martin Meyer and Nathalie Giroud. (2023). Improvements in naturalistic speech-in-noise comprehension in middle-aged and older adults after 3 weeks of computer-based speechreading training. npj Science of Learning 8:32. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-023-00179-6

q3 · i? · associational · r2

GLMM analysis of the same sample's questionnaire data relating objectively measured pure-tone average to subjective hearing. A higher PTA "was associated with increased self-perceived listening effort and lower self-perceived hearing qualities in daily life", corroborating a previous study the authors cite.

"the models showed that PTA was a signi ficant predictor, both for listening effort (OR = 1.55, 95% CI[1.32, 1.81], p < 0.001) and the speech, spatial, and hearing qualities (OR = 0.75, 95% CI[0.65, 0.86], p < 0.001)"

Discussion¶

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