The effect of top-down control of attention on speech perception and effort in adverse listening conditions

The effect of top-down control of attention on speech perception and effort in adverse listening conditions - How attention affects effort and comprehension in speech perception

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON41406

Enrollment

180

Registered

2013-06-06

Start date

2013-04-16

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-04-29

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Conditions

hearingdamage hearinglos

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Age

18 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Must be able to give informed consent. Dutch as native language. Normal or corrected-to-normal vision. Individuals with acquired brain injury must be fit for work. Individuals with acquired brain injury no longer receiving treatment for their brain injury for over a year. Individuals with acquired brain injury report to experience problems with having a conversation in background noise.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Younger then 18 years or older then 80 years. Additional serious conditions. Diabetes, because of its effect on the pupil response. Dyslexia or other restrictions that affect reading. More then 20 dB hearing-loss for normal hearing and individuals with acquired brain injury. More the 60 dB hearing-loss for hearing-impaired individuals.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
This study*s main parameters are SRT scores and pupil diameter. We want to investigate how these are affected by attentional engagement and hearing-loss. Attentional engagement will be manipulated within subject and hearing-loss is a between subject factor.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
n.v.t.	—

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results