2333 Impact of spoken sentence predictability on cognitive spare capacity in elderly adults with hearing loss

OBJECTIVES/SPECIFIC AIMS: Listening effort is needed to understand speech that is degraded by hearing loss and/or a noisy environment. Effortful listening reduces cognitive spare capacity (CSC). Predictive contexts aid speech perception accuracy, but it is not known whether the use of context reduce...

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Main Authors: Cynthia R. Hunter, David B. Pisoni, Dakota Collins, Larry E. Humes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2018-06-01
Series:Journal of Clinical and Translational Science
Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2059866118000845/type/journal_article
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author Cynthia R. Hunter
David B. Pisoni
Dakota Collins
Larry E. Humes
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description OBJECTIVES/SPECIFIC AIMS: Listening effort is needed to understand speech that is degraded by hearing loss and/or a noisy environment. Effortful listening reduces cognitive spare capacity (CSC). Predictive contexts aid speech perception accuracy, but it is not known whether the use of context reduces or preserves CSC. Here, we compare the impact of predictive context and cognitive load on behavioral indices of CSC in elderly, hearing-impaired adults. METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: Elderly, hearing-impaired adults listened in a noisy background to spoken sentences in which sentence-final words were either predictable or not predictable based on the sentence context. Cognitive load was manipulated by asking participants to remember either short or long sequences of visually presented digits. Participants were divided into low or high cognitive capacity groups based on a pretest of working memory. Accuracy and response times were examined for report of both sentence-final words and digit sequences. RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: Preliminary results indicate that accuracy and response times for both words and digits were facilitated by sentence predictability, suggesting that the use of predictive sentence context preserves CSC. Response times for both words and digits and accuracy for digits were impaired under cognitive load. Trends were similar across high and low cognitive capacity groups. The preliminary results support the idea that habilitation strategies involving context use could potentially support CSC in elderly, hearing-impaired adults. DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE OF IMPACT: These preliminary results support the concept that habilitation strategies involving context use could potentially support CSC in elderly, hearing-impaired adults.
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spelling doaj.art-26d4bf81bc9b4f4ab08797afaf3b52eb2023-03-09T12:30:17ZengCambridge University PressJournal of Clinical and Translational Science2059-86612018-06-012151510.1017/cts.2018.842333 Impact of spoken sentence predictability on cognitive spare capacity in elderly adults with hearing lossCynthia R. Hunter0David B. Pisoni1Dakota Collins2Larry E. Humes3Indiana University School of Medicine, Bloomington, IN, USASpeech Research Laboratory, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USAAudiological Research Laboratory, Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USAAudiological Research Laboratory, Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USAOBJECTIVES/SPECIFIC AIMS: Listening effort is needed to understand speech that is degraded by hearing loss and/or a noisy environment. Effortful listening reduces cognitive spare capacity (CSC). Predictive contexts aid speech perception accuracy, but it is not known whether the use of context reduces or preserves CSC. Here, we compare the impact of predictive context and cognitive load on behavioral indices of CSC in elderly, hearing-impaired adults. METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: Elderly, hearing-impaired adults listened in a noisy background to spoken sentences in which sentence-final words were either predictable or not predictable based on the sentence context. Cognitive load was manipulated by asking participants to remember either short or long sequences of visually presented digits. Participants were divided into low or high cognitive capacity groups based on a pretest of working memory. Accuracy and response times were examined for report of both sentence-final words and digit sequences. RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: Preliminary results indicate that accuracy and response times for both words and digits were facilitated by sentence predictability, suggesting that the use of predictive sentence context preserves CSC. Response times for both words and digits and accuracy for digits were impaired under cognitive load. Trends were similar across high and low cognitive capacity groups. The preliminary results support the idea that habilitation strategies involving context use could potentially support CSC in elderly, hearing-impaired adults. DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE OF IMPACT: These preliminary results support the concept that habilitation strategies involving context use could potentially support CSC in elderly, hearing-impaired adults.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2059866118000845/type/journal_article
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David B. Pisoni
Dakota Collins
Larry E. Humes
2333 Impact of spoken sentence predictability on cognitive spare capacity in elderly adults with hearing loss
Journal of Clinical and Translational Science
title 2333 Impact of spoken sentence predictability on cognitive spare capacity in elderly adults with hearing loss
title_full 2333 Impact of spoken sentence predictability on cognitive spare capacity in elderly adults with hearing loss
title_fullStr 2333 Impact of spoken sentence predictability on cognitive spare capacity in elderly adults with hearing loss
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title_short 2333 Impact of spoken sentence predictability on cognitive spare capacity in elderly adults with hearing loss
title_sort 2333 impact of spoken sentence predictability on cognitive spare capacity in elderly adults with hearing loss
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