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This study examines how age influences speech recognition and listening effort in individuals with age-related hearing loss.

September 22, 2023Journal of Clinical MedicineOpen Access

Influence of Age on Speech Recognition in Noise and Hearing Effort in Listeners with Age-Related Hearing Loss

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Randomized trial measures speech recognition and listening effort with age-related hearing loss, suggesting age impacts auditory processing.

This study examines how age influences speech recognition and listening effort in individuals with age-related hearing loss.
Measured speech recognition threshold and listening effort in 99 participants aged 18-80.
Utilized Oldenburg Sentence Test and tested various spatial configurations of noise signals.
Compared results across age groups and different noise conditions.
Speech recognition significantly decreased after age 50-51.
The drop in speech recognition threshold was greater for icra5 noise compared to olnoise.
All age groups exhibited better speech recognition and listening effort with icra5 noise than with olnoise.

Rahne et al. (2023) studied this question.

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Randomized trial measures speech recognition and listening effort with age-related hearing loss, suggesting age impacts auditory processing.