Working-memory associations with SiN perception appear strongest under informational masking and sentence targets (r up to .43)¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · quant-synthesis r2 · q3 · i2 medium
Currency · newest study 2017 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i2 WM associations with masker types ranged from .26 (unmodulated noise) to .39 (>2-talker babble), appearing to increase with informational masking. → Dryden Adam 2017 q3 i2 For specific target–masker combinations, WM associations ranged between .32 and .43, strongest for sentences in >2-talker babble. → Dryden Adam 2017 (2)

Evidence¶

Dryden Adam 2017¶

Dryden Adam, Allen Harriet A., Henshaw Helen, Heinrich Antje. (2017). The Association Between Cognitive Performance and Speech-in-Noise Perception for Adult Listeners: A Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Analysis. Trends in Hearing. https://doi.org/10.1177/2331216517744675

q3 · i2 · quant-synthesis · r2

Meta-analyses of WM by masker type (Table 6): unmodulated noise r = .26, modulated noise r = .31, >2-talker babble r = .39. The review notes association strength "appeared to increase with an increasing amount of informational masking".

"When background masker types were considered separately for subcategories that provided enough data, significant correlations ranging between .26 and .39 were found for unmodulated noise, modulated noise, and >2-talker babble."

Dryden Adam 2017 (2)¶

Dryden Adam, Allen Harriet A., Henshaw Helen, Heinrich Antje. (2017). The Association Between Cognitive Performance and Speech-in-Noise Perception for Adult Listeners: A Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Analysis. Trends in Hearing. https://doi.org/10.1177/2331216517744675

q3 · i2 · quant-synthesis · r?

Meta-analyses of specific target–masker combinations (Table 7): WM–sentences–unmodulated noise r = .35, WM–sentences–modulated noise r = .32, WM–sentences–>2-talker babble r = .43; episodic memory–sentences–unmodulated noise r = .31. All reached significance.

"WM was one of the two cognitive subdomains (the other was episodic memory) that allowed the investigation of specific subdomain and listening situation combinations, with associations ranging between .32 and .43."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Cognitive subdomains differ in association strength with SiN perception, from r = .18 (crystallized IQ, nonsignificant) to r = .39 (processing speed)
• Cognitive performance shows a pooled association of r = .31 with speech-in-noise perception across adult unaided listeners
• Degree of unaided hearing loss (normal-to-mild vs normal-to-moderate) does not moderate the cognition–SiN association