Speechreading training does not significantly improve subjectively perceived everyday listening effort or hearing abilities¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · causal r1 · q3
Currency · newest study 2023 · checked against its sources 2026-10-26 (automated, 2 of 2 entries) · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? The session × group interaction for perceived listening effort was not significant (ΔΧ2(1) = 2.92, p = 0.087). → Raffael Schmitt 2023 q3 i? The session × group interaction for speech, spatial, and hearing qualities was not significant (ΔΧ2(1) = 3.49, p = 0.062). → Raffael Schmitt 2023 (2)

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? · causal · r1

Beta-distribution GLMMs on Listening Effort Questionnaire and SSQ scores from the same 62 participants at pre- and post-training. The session × group interaction "was not signi ficant" for listening effort (ΔΧ2(1) = 2.92, p = 0.087), so no training effect was detected on subjective effort.

"the potential training effect, depicted by the interaction between session and group, was not signi ficant— neither for the perceived listening effort ( ΔΧ2(1) = 2.92, p = 0.087) (Fig. 6; Table 3) nor the speech, spatial, and hearing qualities ( ΔΧ2(1) = 3.49, p = 0.062)"

Raffael Schmitt 2023 (2)¶

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? · causal · r1

Same GLMM analysis applied to the Speech, Spatial and Qualities of Hearing Scale scores. The interaction "was not signi ficant" (ΔΧ2(1) = 3.49, p = 0.062); equivalence was not tested, and the p-value is near the threshold.

"nor the speech, spatial, and hearing qualities ( ΔΧ2(1) = 3.49, p = 0.062)"

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Auditory Processing — outcome: instruction changes it

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