Individual characteristics moderate listening effort in noisy classrooms.

ABSTRACT: Comprehending the teacher's message when other students are chatting is challenging. Even though the sound environment is the same for a whole class, differences in individual performance can be observed, which might depend on a variety of personal factors and their specific interaction with the listening condition. This study was designed to explore the role of individual characteristics (reading comprehension, inhibitory control, noise sensitivity) when primary school children perform a listening comprehension task in the presence of a two-talker masker. The results indicated that this type of noise impairs children's accuracy, effort, and motivation during the task. Its specific impact depended on the level and was modulated by the child's characteristics. In particular, reading compreh

SUBMITTER: Visentin C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10471719 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature