title: Predicting Speech-in-Noise Recognition From Performance on the Trail Making Test: Results From a Large-Scale Internet Study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of the study was to investigate the utility of an internet-based version of the trail making test (TMT) to predict performance on a speech-in-noise perception task.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were taken from a sample of 1509 listeners between ages 18 and 91 years old. Participants completed computerized versions of the TMT and an adaptive speech-in-noise recognition test. All testing was conducted via the internet.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results indicate that better performance on both the simple and complex subtests of the TMT are associated with better speech-in-noise recognition scores. Thirty-eight percent of the participants had scores on the speech-in-noise test that indicated the presence of a hearing loss.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The findings suggest that the TMT may be a useful tool in the assessment, and possibly the treatment, of speech-recognition difficulties. The results indicate that the relation between speech-in-noise recognition and TMT performance relates both to the capacity of the TMT to index processing speed and to the more complex cognitive abilities also implicated in TMT performance.
authors: 1Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning, Linnaeus Centre HEAD, Swedish Institute for Disability Research, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; 2Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden; and 3Eriksholm Research Centre, Oticon A/S, Snekkersten, Denmark.
authors: Rachel J
authors: RJ
authors: Ellis
authors: Peter
authors: P
authors: Molander
authors: Jerker
authors: J
authors: Rönnberg
authors: Björn
authors: B
authors: Lyxell
authors: Gerhard
authors: G
authors: Andersson
authors: Thomas
authors: T
authors: Lunner
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D009622:Noise; D013067:Speech Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D014145:Trail Making Test; D055815:Young Adult