Listeners have difficulty understanding speech in noisy environments, confusing similar sounding words. Cognitive control may be important for segregating the speech signal from background noise and/or selecting between phonological competitors in the mental lexicon....
✦ Clinical Takeaway ✦
This basic-science study deepens understanding of listening effort and cognitive load in noise, but does not yet provide specific guidance to change clinical hearing aid fitting or counselling practice.
✦ Why It Matters ✦
Understanding how intelligibility drives cognitive effort in noise underpins the development of better hearing aids, assistive listening strategies, and outcome measures that account for listening fatigue.
✦ Key Points ✦
- 01Examines the link between speech intelligibility and cognitive conflict resolution during speech-in-noise tasks.
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