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SUMMARY:Understanding conflicting results in the speech perception literat
 ure: methodologies\, problems and findings regarding cognitive contributio
 ns - Dr Sarah Knight\, MRC Institute of Hearing Research\, University of N
 ottingham
DTSTART:20160614T160000Z
DTEND:20160614T173000Z
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CONTACT:Gabriela Pavarini
DESCRIPTION:Understanding speech in noisy environments is a challenge for 
 many listeners. Identifying the causes of these speech-in-noise (SiN) perc
 eption difficulties is complex because a number of factors influence perfo
 rmance\, among them the characteristics of the listening situation\, the l
 istener’s cognitive and auditory abilities\, and other listener-based va
 riables such as educational attainment and linguistic knowledge. While it 
 has been acknowledged that many factors play a role in SiN perception\, th
 e exact relationships between these factors – and particularly between c
 ognitive abilities and listening situation – remain unclear. Improving o
 ur understanding of these relationships may help us to resolve many of the
  discrepancies that exist in the literature.\nIn this talk I will introduc
 e the concept of speech-in-noise perception and discuss possible reasons f
 or the conflicting findings regarding cognitive contributions to SiN perce
 ption. I will go on to present results from a current study involving olde
 r adults which demonstrate variable findings in the context of Stroop task
 s (tests of cognitive inhibition) and a word-in-noise perception task. I h
 ope to show that it is important to conduct theoretically-motivated\, cont
 ext- and listener-specific research when aiming to identify links between 
 cognitive abilities and performance on complex real-world-like tasks such 
 as SiN perception.\n
LOCATION:Lecture Room 1\, Faculty of Music\, 11 West Road\, CB3 9DP
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