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ArticleJournal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR2025

Cognitive Predictors of Perception and Adaption to Dysarthric Speech in Older Adults.

Kaitlin L Lansford, Micah E Hirsch, Tyson S Barrett, Stephanie A Borrie

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Article in Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Bilingual Perception of Dysarthric Speech.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR · 2025
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Kaitlin L LansfordDepartment of Communication Science and Disorders, Florida State University, Tallahassee.ORCID 0000-0002-0492-1005
Micah E HirschDepartment of Communication Science and Disorders, Florida State University, Tallahassee.ORCID 0000-0002-2661-0101
Tyson S BarrettDepartment of Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education, Utah State University, Logan.ORCID 0000-0002-2137-1391
Stephanie A BorrieDepartment of Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education, Utah State University, Logan.ORCID 0000-0002-2336-0071

Funding

Listener training for improved intelligibility of people with Parkinson's diseaseR01DC020930 · NIDCD · UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY · PI Stephanie Anna Borrie, Kaitlin Lorraine Lansford · 2024 to 2026
$1.7M
Perceptual training for improved intelligibility of dysarthric speechR21DC018867 · NIDCD · UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY · PI BORRIE, STEPHANIE ANNA, LANSFORD, KAITLIN LORRAINE · 2020 to 2021
$419k
NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC020930NIDCD NIH HHS R21 DC018867
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeIn effortful listening conditions, speech perception and adaptation abilities are constrained by aging and often linked to age-related hearing loss and cognitive decline. Given that older adults are frequent communication partners of individuals with dysarthria, the current study examines cognitive-linguistic and hearing predictors of dysarthric speech perception and adaptation in older listeners.

methodFifty-eight older adult listeners (aged 55-80 years) completed a battery of hearing and cognitive tasks administered via the National Institutes of Health Toolbox. Participants also completed a three-phase familiarization task (pretest, training, and posttest) with one of two speakers with dysarthria. Elastic net regression models of initial intelligibility (pretest) and intelligibility improvement (posttest) were constructed for each speaker with dysarthria to identify important cognitive and hearing predictors.

resultsOverall, the regression models indicated that intelligibility outcomes were optimized for older listeners with better words-in-noise thresholds, vocabulary knowledge, working memory capacity, and cognitive flexibility. Despite some convergence across models, unique constellations of cognitive-linguistic and hearing parameters and their two-way interactions predicted speech perception and adaptation outcomes for the two speakers with dysarthria, who varied in terms of their severity and perceptual characteristics.

conclusionHere, we add to an extensive body of work in related disciplines by demonstrating age-related declines in speech perception and adaptation to dysarthric speech can be traced back to specific hearing and cognitive-linguistic factors.

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CognitionDysarthriaSpeech PerceptionAgedAged, 80 and overAgingFemaleHumansMaleMemory, Short-TermMiddle AgedSpeech Intelligibility

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PMID39772701
PMCPMC12337115

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