Among various cognitive factors that may influence the listening effort experienced by individuals under acoustically challenging conditions, motivation can play a key role in shaping effort allocation and engagement. In this study, we investigated the effect of motivation during a speech-in-noise recognition task by recording a multimodal set of self-reported, behavioural, and physiological measures from which it...
No actionable change for clinical practice at this stage — these are laboratory findings about motivation and listening effort physiology that need further translation before they can inform clinical assessment or rehabilitation.
Understanding how motivation shapes listening effort could refine how audiologists measure and counsel patients on the real-world burden of hearing difficulty, particularly in noisy environments.
- 01Motivation significantly modulates autonomic cardiorespiratory responses during challenging listening.
- 02Autonomic measures (heart rate, breathing patterns) serve as objective markers of listening effort.
- 03Findings add to growing evidence that listening effort is not purely cognitive but also physiological.
- 04Study population and conditions were acoustically challenging, increasing ecological relevance.
- 05Results are preliminary and require replication in larger, more diverse clinical populations.
Motivation modulates autonomic cardiorespiratory activity during challenging listening conditions.
studypartially supported- PMID
- 42175363
- DOI
- 10.3233/SHTI260696.
- Journal
- Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
- Publication type
- research_article
- Evidence level
- 4
- Population
- Individuals experiencing challenging listening conditions (acoustic difficulty)
- Intervention
- Manipulation of motivation level during challenging listening tasks
- Comparator
- Low motivation / control condition
Primary outcomes
Autonomic cardiorespiratory activity (heart rate, respiration); Listening effort