Objective: The current update of the Ease of Language Understanding (ELU) model
evaluates the predictive and postdictive aspects of speech understanding and …

Ageing is associated with declines in both perception and cognition. We review evidence for
an interaction between perceptual and cognitive decline in old age. Impoverished …

Purpose Listening effort (LE) describes the attentional or cognitive requirements for
successful listening. Despite substantial theoretical and clinical interest in LE, inconsistent …

Listening effort is increasingly recognized as a factor in communication, particularly for and
with nonnative speakers, for the elderly, for individuals with hearing impairment and/or for …

Hearing loss is a common feature in human aging. It has been argued that dysfunctions in
central processing are important contributing factors to hearing loss during older age. Aging …

O bjective: The aims of the current n200 study were to assess the structural relations
between three classes of test variables (ie HEARING, COGNITION and aided speech-in …

This review provides a description of age-related changes in hearing and cognition, the
relationship between hearing and cognition, and several potential mechanisms that underlie …

Although human speech recognition is often experienced as relatively effortless, a number
of common challenges can render the task more difficult. Such challenges may originate in …

The natural environments in which infants and children learn speech and language are
noisy and multimodal. Adults rely on the multimodal nature of speech to compensate for …

Difficulty understanding speech-in-noise (SIN) is a pervasive problem faced by older adults
particularly those with hearing loss. Previous studies have identified structural and functional …