509
Views
23
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Technical Report

Development of a German reading span test with dual task design for application in cognitive hearing research

, , , , &
Pages 136-141 | Received 10 Jan 2014, Accepted 01 Aug 2014, Published online: 08 Sep 2014

References

  • Baddeley A., Logie R. & Nimmo-Smith I. 1985. Components of fluent reading. J Mem Lang, 24, 119–131.
  • Besser J., Koelewijn T., Zekveld A.A., Kramer S.E. & Festen J. 2013. How linguistic closure and verbal working memory relate to speech recognition in noise: A review. Trends Amplif, 17, 75–93.
  • Biemann C., Heyer G., Quasthoff U. & Richter M. 2007. The Leipzig Corpora Collection: Monolingual corpora of standard size. Proc Corpus Linguistics 2007. Corpus online http://wortschatz.uni-leipzig.de.
  • Byrne D., Parkins A. & Newall P. 1991. Modified hearing-aid selection procedures for severe/ profound hearing losses. In: G. Studebaker, F. Bess & L. Beck (eds). The Vanderbilt Hearing Aid Report II. Parkton, USA: York Press, pp. 295–300.
  • Chetail F. 2014/in press. Effect of number of syllables in visual word recognition: New insights from the lexical decision task. Lang Cogni Neurosci. doi: 10.1080/23273798.2013.876504
  • Daneman M. & Carpenter P.A. 1980. Individual differences in working memory and reading. J Verb Learn Verb Behav, 19, 450–466.
  • Desjardins J.L. & Doherty K.A. 2013. Age-related changes in listening effort for various types of masker noises. Ear Hear, 34, 261–272.
  • Foo C., Rudner M., Rönnberg J. & Lunner T. 2007. Recognition of speech in noise with new hearing instrument compression release settings requires explicit cognitive storage and processing capacity. J Am Acad Audiol, 18, 618–631.
  • Friedman N.P. & Miyake A. 2005. Comparison of four scoring methods for the reading span test. Behav Res Methods, 37, 581–590.
  • Grimm G., Herzke T., Berg D. & Hohmann V. 2006. The Master Hearing Aid: A PC-based platform for algorithm development and evaluation. Acta Acustica, 92, 618–628.
  • Hagerman B. 1982. Sentences for testing speech intelligibility in noise. Scan Audiol, 11, 79–87.
  • Hagerman B. & Kinnefors C. 1995. Efficient adaptive methods for measuring speech reception threshold in quiet and in noise. Scan Audiol, 24, 71–77.
  • Humes L.E. 2007. The contributions of audibility and cognitive factors to the benefit provided by amplified speech to older adults. J Am Acad Audiol, 18, 590–603.
  • Hüttig F. & Altmann G.T.M. 2007. Visual-shape competition during language-mediated attention is based on lexical input and not modulated by contextual appropriateness. Vis Cogn, 15, 985–1018.
  • Lunner T. 2003. Cognitive function in relation to hearing-aid use. Int J Audiol, 42, S49–S58.
  • Marslen-Wilson W.D. 1990. Activation, competition, and frequency in lexical access. In: G.T.M. Altmann (ed.), Cognitive Models of Speech Processing: Psycholinguistics and Computational Perspectives. Cambridge, USA: MIT Press, pp. 148–172.
  • Ng E.H.N., Rudner M., Lunner T., Pedersen M.S. & Rönnberg J. 2013. Effects of noise and working memory capacity on memory processing of speech for hearing-aid users. Int J Audiol, 52, 433–441.
  • Rayner K. & Duffy S.A. 1986. Lexical complexity and fixation times in reading: Effects of word frequency, verb complexity, and lexical ambiguity. Mem & Cogn, 14, 191–201.
  • Rönnberg J., Arlinger S., Lyxell B. & Kinnefors C. 1989. Visual evoked potentials: Relation to adult speech reading and cognitive function. J Speech Hear Res, 32, 725–735.
  • Rönnberg J., Lunner T., Zekveld A.A., Sörqvist et al. 2013. The ease of language understanding (ELU) model: Theoretical, empirical, and clinical advances. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, 7.
  • Rudner M., Foo C., Sundewall-Thorén, E., Lunner T. & Rönnberg J. 2008. Phonological mismatch and explicit cognitive processing in a sample of 102 hearing aid users. Int J Audiol, 47, S91–S98.
  • Rudner M., Lunner T., Behrens T., Sundewall-Thorén E. & Rönnberg J. 2012. Working memory capacity may influence perceived effort during aided speech recognition in noise. J Am Acad Audiol, 23, 577–589.
  • Van den Noort M., Bosch P., Haverkort M. & Hugdahl K. 2008. A standardized computerized version of the reading span test in different languages. Eur J Psy Assessment, 24, 35–42.
  • Vlaming M.S.M.G., Kollmeier B., Dreschler W.A., Martin R., Wouters J. et al. 2011. HearCom: Hearing in the communication society. Acta Acustica, 97, 175–192.
  • Zokoll M.A., Hochmuth S., Warzybok A., Wagener K., Buschermöhle M. et al. 2013. Speech-in-noise tests for multilingual hearing screening and diagnostics. Am J Audiol, 22, 175–178.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.