title: Binaural temporal fine structure sensitivity, cognitive function, and spatial speech recognition of hearing-impaired listeners (L).
abstract: The relationships between spatial speech recognition (SSR; the ability to understand speech in complex spatial environments), binaural temporal fine structure (TFS) sensitivity, and three cognitive tasks were assessed for 17 hearing-impaired listeners. Correlations were observed between SSR, TFS sensitivity, and two of the three cognitive tasks, which became non-significant when age effects were controlled for, suggesting that reduced TFS sensitivity and certain cognitive deficits may share a common age-related cause. The third cognitive measure was also significantly correlated with SSR, but not with TFS sensitivity or age, suggesting an independent non-age-related cause.
authors.affiliation: Eriksholm Research Centre, Oticon A/S, Rørtangvej 20, DK-3070 Snekkersten, Denmark. tobias.neher@uni-oldenburg.de
authors.forename: Tobias
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Neher
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lunner
authors.forename: Kathryn
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hopkins
authors.forename: Brian C J
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Moore
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation / Q000379:methods; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001309:Auditory Threshold / Q000502:physiology; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D004777:Environment; D005260:Female; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010470:Perceptual Masking / Q000502:physiology*; D013065:Speech Intelligibility / Q000502:physiology*; D013067:Speech Perception / Q000502:physiology*