Association of Tinnitus With Speech Recognition and Executive Functions in Older Adults

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Association of Tinnitus With Speech Recognition and Executive Functions in Older Adults

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Adults with chronic subjective tinnitus often struggle with speech recognition in challenging listening environments. While most research demonstrates deficits in speech recognition among individuals with tinnitus, studies focusing on older adults remain scarce. Besides speech recognition deficits, tinnitus has been linked to diminished cognitive performance, particularly in executive functions, yet its associations with specific cognitive domains in ageing populations are not fully understood. Our previous study of younger adults found that individuals with tinnitus exhibit deficits in speech recognition and interference control. Building on this, we hypothesized that these deficits are also present for older adults. We conducted a cross-sectional study of older adults (aged 60-79), 32 with tinnitus and 31 controls matched for age, gender, education, and approximately matched for hearing loss. Participants underwent audiometric, speech recognition, and cognitive tasks. The tinnitus participants performed more poorly in speech-in-noise and gated speech tasks, whereas no group differences were observed in the other suprathreshold auditory tasks. With regard to cognition, individuals with tinnitus showed reduced interference control, emotional interference, cognitive flexibility, and verbal working memory, correlating with tinnitus distress and loudness. It is concluded that tinnitus-related deficits persist and even worsen with age. Our results suggest that altered central mechanisms contribute to speech recognition difficulties in older adults with tinnitus.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Association of Tinnitus With Speech Recognition and Executive Functions in Older Adults

Popis výsledku anglicky

Adults with chronic subjective tinnitus often struggle with speech recognition in challenging listening environments. While most research demonstrates deficits in speech recognition among individuals with tinnitus, studies focusing on older adults remain scarce. Besides speech recognition deficits, tinnitus has been linked to diminished cognitive performance, particularly in executive functions, yet its associations with specific cognitive domains in ageing populations are not fully understood. Our previous study of younger adults found that individuals with tinnitus exhibit deficits in speech recognition and interference control. Building on this, we hypothesized that these deficits are also present for older adults. We conducted a cross-sectional study of older adults (aged 60-79), 32 with tinnitus and 31 controls matched for age, gender, education, and approximately matched for hearing loss. Participants underwent audiometric, speech recognition, and cognitive tasks. The tinnitus participants performed more poorly in speech-in-noise and gated speech tasks, whereas no group differences were observed in the other suprathreshold auditory tasks. With regard to cognition, individuals with tinnitus showed reduced interference control, emotional interference, cognitive flexibility, and verbal working memory, correlating with tinnitus distress and loudness. It is concluded that tinnitus-related deficits persist and even worsen with age. Our results suggest that altered central mechanisms contribute to speech recognition difficulties in older adults with tinnitus.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

30206 - Otorhinolaryngology

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Trends in Hearing

ISSN

2331-2165

e-ISSN

2331-2165

Svazek periodika

2025

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

29

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

21

Strana od-do

1-21

Kód UT WoS článku

001613833400001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-105021743217