The relevance of a cognitive ability depends on the listening situation

Evidence

By systematically varying the characteristics of the listening situation we hoped to resolve inconsistencies in the cognitive speech literature regarding correlations between cognitive and speech tasks. By assessing multiple relevant abilities we also aimed to understand if and how the contribution of a particular ability varied across listening situation. The results suggest that the importance of a particular variable often, but not always, depends on the listening situation. Hearing sensitivity (PTA) and a basic WM task correlated with intelligibility in all tested situations. — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 1229

Categorization

• XREF: Resonates with the idea from earlier reading that cognitive-load tradeoffs are context-dependent, e.g. the work on signal vs. noise distinction in soundscapes.