Cognitive Flexibility and Inhibition in Individuals with Age-Related Hearing Loss
Growing evidence suggests alterations in cognitive control processes in individuals with varying degrees of age-related hearing loss (ARHL); however, alterations in those with unaided mild ARHL are understudied. The current study examined two cognitive control processes, cognitive flexibility, and i...
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| author | Shraddha A. Shende Lydia T. Nguyen Elizabeth A. Lydon Fatima T. Husain Raksha A. Mudar |
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| description | Growing evidence suggests alterations in cognitive control processes in individuals with varying degrees of age-related hearing loss (ARHL); however, alterations in those with unaided mild ARHL are understudied. The current study examined two cognitive control processes, cognitive flexibility, and inhibition, in 21 older adults with unaided mild ARHL and 18 age- and education-matched normal hearing (NH) controls. All participants underwent comprehensive audiological and cognitive evaluations including Trail Making Test-B, Verbal Fluency, Stroop, and two Go/NoGo tasks. Group differences in cognitive flexibility and inhibition as well as associations between peripheral and central hearing ability and measures of cognitive flexibility and inhibition were investigated. Findings revealed that the ARHL group took significantly longer to complete the Stroop task and had higher error rates on NoGo trials on both Go/NoGo tasks relative to the NH controls. Additionally, poorer peripheral and central hearing were associated with poorer cognitive flexibility and inhibitory control. Our findings suggest slower and more inefficient inhibitory control in the mild ARHL group relative to the NH group and add to decades of research on the association between hearing and cognition. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7f5a83e1f8c64dcf8b1fa64951ba1e672023-12-03T12:41:33ZengMDPI AGGeriatrics2308-34172021-03-01612210.3390/geriatrics6010022Cognitive Flexibility and Inhibition in Individuals with Age-Related Hearing LossShraddha A. Shende0Lydia T. Nguyen1Elizabeth A. Lydon2Fatima T. Husain3Raksha A. Mudar4Department of Speech and Hearing Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL 61820, USANeuroscience Program, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USADepartment of Speech and Hearing Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL 61820, USADepartment of Speech and Hearing Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL 61820, USADepartment of Speech and Hearing Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL 61820, USAGrowing evidence suggests alterations in cognitive control processes in individuals with varying degrees of age-related hearing loss (ARHL); however, alterations in those with unaided mild ARHL are understudied. The current study examined two cognitive control processes, cognitive flexibility, and inhibition, in 21 older adults with unaided mild ARHL and 18 age- and education-matched normal hearing (NH) controls. All participants underwent comprehensive audiological and cognitive evaluations including Trail Making Test-B, Verbal Fluency, Stroop, and two Go/NoGo tasks. Group differences in cognitive flexibility and inhibition as well as associations between peripheral and central hearing ability and measures of cognitive flexibility and inhibition were investigated. Findings revealed that the ARHL group took significantly longer to complete the Stroop task and had higher error rates on NoGo trials on both Go/NoGo tasks relative to the NH controls. Additionally, poorer peripheral and central hearing were associated with poorer cognitive flexibility and inhibitory control. Our findings suggest slower and more inefficient inhibitory control in the mild ARHL group relative to the NH group and add to decades of research on the association between hearing and cognition.https://www.mdpi.com/2308-3417/6/1/22age-related hearing lossspeech-in-noise recognitionhearingcognitive flexibilityinhibition |
| spellingShingle | Shraddha A. Shende Lydia T. Nguyen Elizabeth A. Lydon Fatima T. Husain Raksha A. Mudar Cognitive Flexibility and Inhibition in Individuals with Age-Related Hearing Loss Geriatrics age-related hearing loss speech-in-noise recognition hearing cognitive flexibility inhibition |
| title | Cognitive Flexibility and Inhibition in Individuals with Age-Related Hearing Loss |
| title_full | Cognitive Flexibility and Inhibition in Individuals with Age-Related Hearing Loss |
| title_fullStr | Cognitive Flexibility and Inhibition in Individuals with Age-Related Hearing Loss |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cognitive Flexibility and Inhibition in Individuals with Age-Related Hearing Loss |
| title_short | Cognitive Flexibility and Inhibition in Individuals with Age-Related Hearing Loss |
| title_sort | cognitive flexibility and inhibition in individuals with age related hearing loss |
| topic | age-related hearing loss speech-in-noise recognition hearing cognitive flexibility inhibition |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2308-3417/6/1/22 |
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