Hearing thresholds affect intelligibility uniformly while cognition acts situation-specifically
Evidence
These results suggest that different variables modulate listening in different situations, and that listeners may vary not only in their overall level of performance but also in how well they perceive speech in a particular situation depending on which auditory/cognitive abilities underpin listening in that situation and how successful the listener is at employing them. — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 1229 (
#expands, via linked claim)
Categorization
Category: Factual Claims
Related
- Cognitive abilities affect speech-in-noise perception situation-specifically while hearing thresholds act uniformly (similarity 0.90)
- Individual listeners differ in which abilities support their speech perception per situation (similarity 0.89)
- Hearing thresholds correlate more strongly with speech intelligibility at low signal-to-noise ratios. (similarity 0.87)
- The relevance of a cognitive ability depends on the listening situation (similarity 0.86)
- Individual listeners differ in situational strengths, not just overall speech-in-noise ability. (similarity 0.86)
- Audiometric pure-tone thresholds predict speech intelligibility even after sensitivity adjustment (similarity 0.86)
- Cognitive contributions to speech perception vary by listening situation (similarity 0.85)
- Both auditory and cognitive factors determine intelligibility in noise (similarity 0.84)
- Hearing thresholds add almost no predictive power beyond age and encoding measures (similarity 0.84)
- Speech intelligibility saturates once the low-frequency target is attenuated 15 dB. (similarity 0.84)
- Listeners with hearing loss form a heterogeneous perceptual group, not a single category (similarity 0.84)
- Pure-tone average hearing sensitivity still predicts intelligibility even at equalized levels (similarity 0.83)
- Hearing-impaired listeners equate speech intelligibility with overall sound quality. (similarity 0.83)
- Which cognitive ability predicts speech-in-noise intelligibility depends on the listening situation (similarity 0.83)
- Speech-in-speech intelligibility depends on non-auditory factors beyond audibility alone (similarity 0.83)
Broader Connections
- Individual listeners differ in which abilities support their speech perception per situation
#expands(0.85) — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 1229 - Perceptual deficits correlate poorly with audiogram thresholds and vary widely
#expands(0.85) - Speech processing deficits can impair understanding independent of hearing
#complicates(0.80) - Higher working-memory capacity predicts better speech-in-noise identification in hearing-impaired listeners
#exemplifies(0.78) — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 1124 - Hearing thresholds vary individually but share a common perceptual order
#expands(0.75) - Audiometric pure-tone thresholds predict speech intelligibility even after sensitivity adjustment
#expands(0.75) — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 1229