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- This study examined the effects of age-related hearing loss and second language use on language abilities in 74 older adults, with an average age of 63.
- Participants underwent cognitive tests, including a backward digit span and two lexical tasks that varied in cognitive demands.
- Results indicated that basic language skills are separate from hearing issues, with a notable relationship between hearing loss and second language frequency emerging in more cognitively demanding tasks.
Article Abstract
This study explored how age-related hearing loss and second language use relate to non-auditory lexical language abilities in 74 older adults (mean age 63; range 50-73). Participants completed a cognitive task (backwards digit span) and two lexical tasks: a verbal fluency task, which has a stronger cognitive component, and a vocabulary task, which has a lesser cognitive component. Our findings suggest that fundamental language skills are distinct from perceptual difficulties - at least in a lexical task with a lesser cognitive component. In the lexical task with a stronger cognitive component, we found evidence for a complex relation between age-related hearing loss and the frequency of second language use.
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| http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0361073X.2024.2432238 | DOI Listing |
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