The impact of speech rate on sentence recognition by elderly individuals

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dc.contributor.authorLessa, Alexandre Hundertmarck
dc.contributor.authorCosta, Maristela Julio [UNIFESP]
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS)
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-24T14:34:39Z
dc.date.available2016-01-24T14:34:39Z
dc.date.issued2013-11-01
dc.description.abstractDifficulty understanding speech, particularly in situations unfavorable to communication, is a common complaint among elderly individuals.Objective: to verify the variables connected to hearing loss and stimulus presentation rate and their impact on the speech recognition skills of elderly subjects in quiet and noisy environments.Method: this case-control study included two groups of subjects (31 elderly subjects with normal hearing and 26 with hearing loss) exposed to the List of Sentences in Portuguese and the Slowed List of Sentences in Portuguese tests. Sentence recognition indices were calculated for tests done against noisy and quiet backgrounds at a normal and reduced speech rate. Data sets were submitted to statistical analysis.Results: elderly subjects from both groups had better test results when sentences were played at a slower rate. Statistically significant difference was seen for both groups when the tests were carried out on a quiet background and for the group with hearing loss when tested on a noisy background.Conclusion: regardless of their peripheral hearing, the elderly subjects included in this study were more able to recognize speech when sentences were played at a slower rate against a quiet background. When sentences were played against a noisy background, the elderly subjects with hearing loss had more significant performance improvements than the ones with normal hearing when sentences were played at a slower rate.en
dc.description.affiliationUniv Fed Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUniv Fed Santa Maria, Dept Speech & Hearing Therapy, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUnifespUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.sourceWeb of Science
dc.format.extent745-752
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.5935/1808-8694.20130136
dc.identifier.citationBrazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology. São Paulo: Assoc Brasileira Otorrinolaringologia & Cirurgia Cervicofacial, v. 79, n. 6, p. 745-752, 2013.
dc.identifier.doi10.5935/1808-8694.20130136
dc.identifier.fileS1808-86942013000600745.pdf
dc.identifier.issn1808-8694
dc.identifier.scieloS1808-86942013000600745
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/36924
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000330031700016
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherAssoc Brasileira Otorrinolaringologia & Cirurgia Cervicofacial
dc.relation.ispartofBrazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectauditory perceptionen
dc.subjectelderlyen
dc.subjecthearingen
dc.subjectspeech discrimination testsen
dc.subjectspeech perceptionen
dc.titleThe impact of speech rate on sentence recognition by elderly individualsen
dc.title.alternativeInfluência da velocidade de fala no reconhecimento de sentenças em idosospt
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
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