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- Title
Use of a Dual-Task Paradigm to Measure Listening Effort.
- Authors
Gosselin, Penny Anderson; Gagné, Jean-Pierre
- Abstract
Listening effort is an important dimension of speech understanding. Despite the fact that a significant amount of speech understanding involves cognitive processes, much of clinical audiology remains focused on assessing the auditory periphery. As speakers age, their sensory, perceptual and cognitive functions decline. It has been speculated that older adults exert increased listening effort compared to younger adults but this effect is still poorly understood. Listening effort refers to the attention and cognitive resources required to understand speech. Listening effort can be evaluated indirectly in clinical practice through self-report, or it can be quantified more objectively using a dual-task paradigm. This paper emphasizes the importance of measuring listening effort and reviews the literature. The review focuses on dual task paradigms which have been used to investigate the effort related to understanding speech. The paper concludes with a discussion of the clinical importance of measuring listening effort.
- Subjects
LISTENING skills; LISTENING comprehension tests; LISTENING (Philosophy); COGNITIVE ability; AUDIOLOGY; OLDER people
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology, 2010, Vol 34, Issue 1, p43
- ISSN
1913-200X
- Publication type
Article