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ArticleJournal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR2021

Forward Digit Span and Word Familiarity Do Not Correlate With Differences in Speech Recognition in Individuals With Cochlear Implants After Accounting for Auditory Resolution.

Adam K Bosen, Victoria A Sevich, Shauntelle A Cannon

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Article in Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Adam K BosenBoys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, NE.
Victoria A SevichBoys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, NE.
Shauntelle A CannonBoys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, NE.
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Funding

The Impact of Mild Hearing Loss on Auditory Perception in Complex EnvironmentsP20GM109023 · NIGMS · FATHER FLANAGAN'S BOYS' HOME · PI LEIBOLD, LORI J. · 2014 to 2023
$23.4M
Short-Term Research Training for AuD StudentsT35DC008757 · NIDCD · FATHER FLANAGAN'S BOYS' HOME · PI Kristen L. Janky · 2007 to 2026
$683k
NIDCD NIH HHS T35 DC008757NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM109023
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose In individuals with cochlear implants, speech recognition is not associated with tests of working memory that primarily reflect storage, such as forward digit span. In contrast, our previous work found that vocoded speech recognition in individuals with normal hearing was correlated with performance on a forward digit span task. A possible explanation for this difference across groups is that variability in auditory resolution across individuals with cochlear implants could conceal the true relationship between speech and memory tasks. Here, our goal was to determine if performance on forward digit span and speech recognition tasks are correlated in individuals with cochlear implants after controlling for individual differences in auditory resolution. Method We measured sentence recognition ability in 20 individuals with cochlear implants with Perceptually Robust English Sentence Test Open-set sentences. Spectral and temporal modulation detection tasks were used to assess individual differences in auditory resolution, auditory forward digit span was used to assess working memory storage, and self-reported word familiarity was used to assess vocabulary. Results Individual differences in speech recognition were predicted by spectral and temporal resolution. A correlation was found between forward digit span and speech recognition, but this correlation was not significant after controlling for spectral and temporal resolution. No relationship was found between word familiarity and speech recognition. Forward digit span performance was not associated with individual differences in auditory resolution. Conclusions Our findings support the idea that sentence recognition in individuals with cochlear implants is primarily limited by individual differences in working memory processing, not storage. Studies examining the relationship between speech and memory should control for individual differences in auditory resolution.

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Cochlear ImplantationCochlear ImplantsSpeech PerceptionHumansRecognition, PsychologySpeech

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PMID34251908
PMCPMC8740688
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