title: Development of Trivia Game for speech understanding in background noise.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Listening in noise is an everyday activity and poses a challenge for many people. To improve the ability to understand speech in noise, a computerized auditory rehabilitation game was developed. In Trivia Game players are challenged to answer trivia questions spoken aloud. As players progress through the game, the level of background noise increases. A study using Trivia Game was conducted as a proof-of-concept investigation in healthy participants.
  
  
  METHODS
  College students with normal hearing were randomly assigned to a control (n = 13) or a treatment (n = 14) group. Treatment participants played Trivia Game 12 times over a 4-week period. All participants completed objective (auditory-only and audiovisual formats) and subjective listening in noise measures at baseline and 4 weeks later.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were no statistical differences between the groups at baseline. At post-test, the treatment group significantly improved their overall speech understanding in noise in the audiovisual condition and reported significant benefits in their functional listening abilities.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Playing Trivia Game improved speech understanding in noise in healthy listeners. Significant findings for the audiovisual condition suggest that participants improved face-reading abilities. Trivia Game may be a platform for investigating changes in speech understanding in individuals with sensory, linguistic and cognitive impairments.
authors.affiliation: Communication Disorders & Special Education, Old Dominion University , Norfolk, VA , USA.
authors.forename: Kathryn
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Schwartz
authors.forename: Stacie I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Ringleb
authors.forename: Hilary
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sandberg
authors.forename: Anastasia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Raymer
authors.forename: Ginger S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Watson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D032882:Comprehension / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006309:Hearing / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009622:Noise; D013067:Speech Perception / Q000502:physiology; D018910:Video Games; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Auditory processing; adults; auditory comprehension