title: Individual differences in top-down restoration of interrupted speech: links to linguistic and cognitive abilities.
abstract: Top-down restoration mechanisms can enhance perception of degraded speech. Even in normal hearing, however, a large variability has been observed in how effectively individuals can benefit from these mechanisms. To investigate if this variability is partially caused by individuals' linguistic and cognitive skills, normal-hearing participants of varying ages were assessed for receptive vocabulary (Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test; PPVT-III-NL), for full-scale intelligence (Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale; WAIS-IV-NL), and for top-down restoration of interrupted speech (with silent or noise-filled gaps). Receptive vocabulary was significantly correlated with the other measures, suggesting linguistic skills to be highly involved in restoration of degraded speech.
authors.affiliation: Pento Audiology Center Zwolle, Oosterlaan 20, 8011 GC Zwolle, The Netherlands m.r.benard@umcg.nl, j.mensink@pento.nl.
authors.forename: Michel Ruben
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Benard
authors.affiliation: Pento Audiology Center Zwolle, Oosterlaan 20, 8011 GC Zwolle, The Netherlands m.r.benard@umcg.nl, j.mensink@pento.nl.
authors.forename: Jorien Susanne
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Mensink
authors.affiliation: University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Otorhinolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Postbus 30.001, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands d.baskent@umcg.nl.
authors.forename: Deniz
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Başkent
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000328:Adult; D001302:Audiometry, Speech; D003071:Cognition; D003463:Cues; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D007361:Intelligence Tests; D007807:Language Tests; D008037:Linguistics; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013065:Speech Intelligibility; D013067:Speech Perception; D055815:Young Adult