Hearing thresholds and cognitive flexibility in young healthy individuals with normal hearing

Brännström, K. Jonas (author): Lund University,Lunds universitet,Kommunikation och kognition,Forskargrupper vid Lunds universitet,Communication and Cognition,Lund University Research Groups

Kastberg, Tobias (author): Lund University,Lunds universitet,Kommunikation och kognition,Forskargrupper vid Lunds universitet,Communication and Cognition,Lund University Research Groups

Waechter, Sebastian (author): Lund University,Lunds universitet,Kommunikation och kognition,Forskargrupper vid Lunds universitet,Communication and Cognition,Lund University Research Groups

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2020-03-09
2020
English 7 s.
In: International Journal of Audiology. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1499-2027 .- 1708-8186. ; 59:8, s. 583-589

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Abstract Subject headings

Objective: Pure tone audiometry may seem to be a relatively easy task for the participant but it may involve cognitive as well as sensory abilities. The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between hearing thresholds in the frequency range 0.125–8 kHz and the core executive function cognitive flexibility in healthy individuals with normal hearing. Design: Experimental study measuring correlations between different pure-tone hearing threshold measures and cognitive flexibility. Pure tone air conduction audiometry (frequencies 0.125–8.0 kHz) and two tests of cognitive flexibility (information updating and shifting ability) were conducted. Study sample: Seventy-two subjects (aged between 21 and 36) with normal hearing (<20 dB HL) for the tested frequencies. Results: Four measures of average pure tone hearing thresholds were negatively correlated with cognitive flexibility. Conclusions: Pure-tone air conduction hearing thresholds seem to be related to cognitive flexibility in healthy individuals with normal hearing.

By the author/editor: Brännström, K. J ...; Kastberg, Tobias; Waechter, Sebast ...; Karlsson, Elisab ...

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MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES: MEDICAL AND HEAL ...; and Clinical Medicin ...; and Otorhinolaryngol ...

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