Conflict Monitoring and Inhibitory Control in Older Adults with Age-Related Hearing Loss
2024
Cognitive Control in Older Adults with Hearing Loss
Sample size: 39
publication
Evidence: moderate
Author Information
Author(s): Shende Shraddha, Mudar Raksha
Primary Institution: Illinois State University
Hypothesis
How do conflict monitoring and inhibitory control affect listening in older adults with age-related hearing loss?
Conclusion
Older adults with mild age-related hearing loss show worse conflict monitoring and inhibitory control compared to normal-hearing individuals.
Supporting Evidence
- The ARHL group had worse accuracy on the unmatched condition of the 'Objects' task.
- The ARHL group had worse accuracy on Go trials of the 'Object-Animal' task.
- Worse speech-in-noise recognition was associated with worse accuracy on Go trials of the 'Object-Animal' task.
Takeaway
This study found that older adults with hearing loss have a harder time focusing on sounds when there is background noise.
Methodology
The study involved two picture-word interference tasks and two Go/NoGo tasks to assess cognitive control in participants.
Participant Demographics
16 individuals with mild age-related hearing loss and 23 normal-hearing controls.
Statistical Information
P-Value
p = 0.006; p = 0.018
Statistical Significance
p<0.05
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