Effects of age-related hearing loss and hearing aid experience on sentence processing

Abstract Age-related hearing loss typically affects the hearing of high frequencies in older adults. Such hearing loss influences the processing of spoken language, including higher-level processing such as that of complex sentences. Hearing aids may alleviate some of the speech processing disadvant...

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Autores principales:	Margreet Vogelzang, Christiane M. Thiel, Stephanie Rosemann, Jochem W. Rieger, Esther Ruigendijk
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2021
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:2361267beca24a019a6b43b5878d16742021-12-02T17:04:59ZEffects of age-related hearing loss and hearing aid experience on sentence processing10.1038/s41598-021-85349-52045-2322https://doaj.org/article/2361267beca24a019a6b43b5878d16742021-03-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-85349-5https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Age-related hearing loss typically affects the hearing of high frequencies in older adults. Such hearing loss influences the processing of spoken language, including higher-level processing such as that of complex sentences. Hearing aids may alleviate some of the speech processing disadvantages associated with hearing loss. However, little is known about the relation between hearing loss, hearing aid use, and their effects on higher-level language processes. This neuroimaging (fMRI) study examined these factors by measuring the comprehension and neural processing of simple and complex spoken sentences in hard-of-hearing older adults (n = 39). Neither hearing loss severity nor hearing aid experience influenced sentence comprehension at the behavioral level. In contrast, hearing loss severity was associated with increased activity in left superior frontal areas and the left anterior insula, but only when processing specific complex sentences (i.e. object-before-subject) compared to simple sentences. Longer hearing aid experience in a sub-set of participants (n = 19) was associated with recruitment of several areas outside of the core speech processing network in the right hemisphere, including the cerebellum, the precentral gyrus, and the cingulate cortex, but only when processing complex sentences. Overall, these results indicate that brain activation for language processing is affected by hearing loss as well as subsequent hearing aid use. Crucially, they show that these effects become apparent through investigation of complex but not simple sentences.Margreet VogelzangChristiane M. ThielStephanie RosemannJochem W. RiegerEsther RuigendijkNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-14 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Margreet Vogelzang Christiane M. Thiel Stephanie Rosemann Jochem W. Rieger Esther Ruigendijk Effects of age-related hearing loss and hearing aid experience on sentence processing
description	Abstract Age-related hearing loss typically affects the hearing of high frequencies in older adults. Such hearing loss influences the processing of spoken language, including higher-level processing such as that of complex sentences. Hearing aids may alleviate some of the speech processing disadvantages associated with hearing loss. However, little is known about the relation between hearing loss, hearing aid use, and their effects on higher-level language processes. This neuroimaging (fMRI) study examined these factors by measuring the comprehension and neural processing of simple and complex spoken sentences in hard-of-hearing older adults (n = 39). Neither hearing loss severity nor hearing aid experience influenced sentence comprehension at the behavioral level. In contrast, hearing loss severity was associated with increased activity in left superior frontal areas and the left anterior insula, but only when processing specific complex sentences (i.e. object-before-subject) compared to simple sentences. Longer hearing aid experience in a sub-set of participants (n = 19) was associated with recruitment of several areas outside of the core speech processing network in the right hemisphere, including the cerebellum, the precentral gyrus, and the cingulate cortex, but only when processing complex sentences. Overall, these results indicate that brain activation for language processing is affected by hearing loss as well as subsequent hearing aid use. Crucially, they show that these effects become apparent through investigation of complex but not simple sentences.
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title	Effects of age-related hearing loss and hearing aid experience on sentence processing
title_short	Effects of age-related hearing loss and hearing aid experience on sentence processing
title_full	Effects of age-related hearing loss and hearing aid experience on sentence processing
title_fullStr	Effects of age-related hearing loss and hearing aid experience on sentence processing
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Effects of age-related hearing loss and hearing aid experience on sentence processing

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