Orienting attention to auditory and visual working memory in older adults with cochlear implants.

ABSTRACT: Cochlear implantation is a well-established method for restoring hearing sensation in individuals with severe to profound hearing loss. It significantly improves verbal communication for many users, despite substantial variability in patients' reports and performance on speech perception tests and quality-of-life outcome measures. Such variability in outcome measures remains several years after implantation and could reflect difficulties in attentional regulation. The current study assessed the ability to use a cue to guide attention internally toward visual or auditory working memory (i.e., reflective attention) in cochlear implant (CI) users. Participants completed a cognitive task called the delayed match-to-sample task in which a visual gradient was presented on a computer screen and a

SUBMITTER: Ojha A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11670960 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature