Is there an influence of perceptual or cognitive impairment on complex sentence processing in hearing aid users?


Journal

PloS one
ISSN: 1932-6203
Titre abrégé: PLoS One
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101285081

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2023
Historique:
received: 06 05 2023
accepted: 06 09 2023
medline: 28 9 2023
pubmed: 28 9 2023
entrez: 28 9 2023
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Hearing-impaired listeners often have difficulty understanding complex sentences. It is not clear if perceptual or cognitive deficits have more impact on reduced language processing abilities, and how a hearing aid might compensate for that. In a prospective study with 5 hearing aid users and 5 normal hearing, age-matched participants, processing of complex sentences was investigated. Audiometric and working memory tests were performed. Subject- and object-initial sentences from the Oldenburg Corpus of Linguistically and audiologically controlled Sentences (OLACS) were presented to the participants during recording of an electroencephalogram (EEG). The perceptual difference between object and subject leading sentences does not lead to processing changes whereas the ambiguity in object leading sentences with feminine or neuter articles evokes a P600 potential. For hearing aid users, this P600 has a longer latency compared to normal hearing subjects. The EEG is a suitable method for investigating differences in complex speech processing for hearing aid users. Longer P600 latencies indicate higher cognitive effort for processing complex sentences in hearing aid users.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Hearing-impaired listeners often have difficulty understanding complex sentences. It is not clear if perceptual or cognitive deficits have more impact on reduced language processing abilities, and how a hearing aid might compensate for that.
METHODS METHODS
In a prospective study with 5 hearing aid users and 5 normal hearing, age-matched participants, processing of complex sentences was investigated. Audiometric and working memory tests were performed. Subject- and object-initial sentences from the Oldenburg Corpus of Linguistically and audiologically controlled Sentences (OLACS) were presented to the participants during recording of an electroencephalogram (EEG).
RESULTS RESULTS
The perceptual difference between object and subject leading sentences does not lead to processing changes whereas the ambiguity in object leading sentences with feminine or neuter articles evokes a P600 potential. For hearing aid users, this P600 has a longer latency compared to normal hearing subjects.
CONCLUSION CONCLUSIONS
The EEG is a suitable method for investigating differences in complex speech processing for hearing aid users. Longer P600 latencies indicate higher cognitive effort for processing complex sentences in hearing aid users.

Identifiants

pubmed: 37768903
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0291832
pii: PONE-D-23-11940
pmc: PMC10538791
doi:

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Journal Article

Langues

eng

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IM

Pagination

e0291832

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Copyright: © 2023 Wagner et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors declare that no competing interests exist.

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Auteurs

Luise Wagner (L)

Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Halle (Saale), University Medicine Halle (Saale), Halle, Germany.

Anna-Leoni A Werle (AA)

Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Halle (Saale), University Medicine Halle (Saale), Halle, Germany.

Antonia Hoffmann (A)

Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Halle (Saale), University Medicine Halle (Saale), Halle, Germany.

Torsten Rahne (T)

Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Halle (Saale), University Medicine Halle (Saale), Halle, Germany.

Anja Fengler (A)

Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.

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