Effects of mild-to-moderate sensorineural hearing loss and signal amplification on vocal emotion recognition in middle-aged-older individuals.

ABSTRACT: Previous research has shown deficits in vocal emotion recognition in sub-populations of individuals with hearing loss. As emotion recognition is an essential ability that affects social interaction, and in extension, can impact well-being, understanding vocal emotion recognition difficulties is a high priority research topic. Furthermore, it has been shown that although hearing aids improves word recognition, it does not improve emotion recognition. To explore emotion recognition and the effect of amplification in individuals with hearing loss, we examined recognition of vocal emotions expressed both verbally and non-verbally in middle-aged to older individuals with and without linear amplification (similar amplification across sound levels). Twenty-one experienced hearing aid users with b

SUBMITTER: Ekberg M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12266405 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature