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How do aging and age-related hearing loss affect the ability to communicate effectively in challenging communicative conditions?

Abstract：

:This study investigated the relation between the intelligibility of conversational and clear speech produced by older and younger adults and (a) the acoustic profile of their speech (b) communication effectiveness. Speech samples from 30 talkers from the elderLUCID corpus were used: 10 young adults (YA), 10 older adults with normal hearing (OANH) and 10 older adults with presbycusis (OAHL). Samples were extracted from recordings made while participants completed a problem-solving cooperative task (diapix) with a conversational partner who could either hear them easily (NORM) or via a simulated hearing loss (HLS), which led talkers to naturally adopt a clear speaking style. In speech-in-noise listening experiments involving 21 young adult listeners, speech samples by OANH and OAHL were rated and perceived as less intelligible than those of YA talkers. HLS samples were more intelligible than NORM samples, with greater improvements in intelligibility across conditions seen for OA speech. The presence of presbycusis affected (a) the clear speech strategies adopted by OAHL talkers and (b) task effectiveness: OAHL talkers showed some adaptations consistent with an increase in vocal effort, and it took them significantly longer than the YA group to complete the diapix task. The relative energy in the 1-3 kHz frequency region of the long-term average spectrum was the feature that best predicted: (a) the intelligibility of speech samples, and (b) task transaction time in the HLS condition. Overall, our study suggests that spontaneous speech produced by older adults is less intelligible in babble noise, probably due to less energy present in the 1-3 kHz frequency range rich in acoustic cues. Even mild presbycusis in 'healthy aged' adults can affect the dynamic adaptations in speech that are beneficial for effective communication.

journal_name

Hear Res

journal_title

Hearing research

authors

Hazan V,Tuomainen O,Tu L,Kim J,Davis C,Brungart D,Sheffield B

doi

10.1016/j.heares.2018.06.009

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2018-11-01 00:00:00

pages

33-41

eissn

0378-5955

issn

1878-5891

pii

S0378-5955(17)30516-6

journal_volume

369

pub_type

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How do aging and age-related hearing loss affect the ability to communicate effectively in challenging communicative conditions?