语法复杂性对与年龄相关的听力损失患者的听力句子理解表现有不同的影响
Junyoung Shin1, Shinhee Noh1, Jimin Park1
1Department of Communication Disorders, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Frontiers in psychology
|November 15, 2023
概括
听力损失 (HL) 的老年人与复杂的被动句子比主动句子更为困难. 在HL患者中,工作记忆能力是理解这些困难句子的关键.
科学领域:
- 听力学 听力学是指听力学.
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 语言学的语言学.
背景情况:
- 与年龄相关的听力损失 (HL) 影响听觉处理.
- 句子中的语法复杂性会给理解带来挑战.
- 了解患有HL的老年人认知语言缺陷至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查与典型听力 (TH) 个体相比,有听力损失 (HL) 的老年人听力句子理解困难.
- 检查操纵语法复杂性 (句子类型和长度) 对句子理解的影响.
- 确定记忆能力在HL患者的句子理解中的作用.
主要方法:
- 22名HL和24名对照人完成了句子理解测试和记忆评估.
- 纯音调听力测量用于评估听力状况.
- 统计分析包括一般化的线性混合效应模型和逐步回归.
主要成果:
- 与积极句子相比,患有HL的老年人表现在被动句子上的表现明显较差.
- 句子长度对理解准确性没有显著影响.
- 工作记忆能力是HL组被动句子理解的最强预测因素.
结论:
- 老年人听力损失对语法复杂的被动句子的处理产生不利影响.
- 患有HL的个体可能会遇到需要更高认知和工作记忆资源的句子的挑战.
- 研究结果强调了听觉处理,认知功能和语言理解在衰老中的相互作用.
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