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  • Cognitive psychology
  • Auditory neuroscience
  • Gerontology

Background:

  • Working memory is vital for processing and storing information.
  • Individual differences in working memory capacity correlate with speech recognition abilities.
  • The reading span task is a common measure of working memory capacity.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if different implementations of the reading span task affect the relationship between working memory capacity and speech recognition.
  • To determine the impact of working memory on speech-in-noise perception.

Main Methods:

  • A within-subject design was used to compare two distinct working memory tests.
  • Participants included 94 older adults with hearing loss and 30 younger adults with normal hearing.
  • Data comprised audiometric results, two working memory tests, a speech-in-noise test, and a reading comprehension test.

Main Results:

  • Poorer working memory capacity was associated with greater difficulty in understanding speech in noise, even after controlling for age and hearing loss.
  • The strength of this relationship did not significantly vary between the two reading span task implementations.

Conclusions:

  • The specific implementation of a verbal reading span task does not alter its effectiveness in predicting speech recognition.
  • Working memory capacity is a significant factor in speech-in-noise understanding across different task variations.