Relationship between Memory Load and Listening Demands in Age-Related Hearing Impairment.

ABSTRACT: Age-related hearing loss has been associated with increased recruitment of frontal brain areas during speech perception to compensate for the decline in auditory input. This additional recruitment may bind resources otherwise needed for understanding speech. However, it is unknown how increased demands on listening interact with increasing cognitive demands when processing speech in age-related hearing loss. The current study used a full-sentence working memory task manipulating demands on working memory and listening and studied untreated mild to moderate hard of hearing (n = 20) and normal-hearing age-matched participants (n = 19) with functional MRI. On the behavioral level, we found a significant interaction of memory load and listening condition; this was, however, simil

SUBMITTER: Pauquet J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8195652 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature