Association of Tinnitus With Speech Recognition and Executive Functions in Older Adults.

ABSTRACT: Adults with chronic subjective tinnitus often struggle with speech recognition in challenging listening environments. While most research demonstrates deficits in speech recognition among individuals with tinnitus, studies focusing on older adults remain scarce. Besides speech recognition deficits, tinnitus has been linked to diminished cognitive performance, particularly in executive functions, yet its associations with specific cognitive domains in ageing populations are not fully understood. Our previous study of younger adults found that individuals with tinnitus exhibit deficits in speech recognition and interference control. Building on this, we hypothesized that these deficits are also present for older adults. We conducted a cross-sectional study of older adults (aged 60-79), 32 wi

SUBMITTER: Sommerhalder N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12615926 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature