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Effects of modality and linguistic materials on memory in younger and older adults

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Pereira, A; Pattison, J; Pichora-Fuller, MK; Smith, SL
Published in: Canadian Acoustics - Acoustique Canadienne
January 1, 2019

Audiologists can test memory with auditory or visual stimuli. Visual tests are immune to hearing loss, whereas auditory tests are ecologically relevant. In a previous study, an auditory test was preferred to a visual test because it yielded a greater range of working memory scores; however, the linguistic properties of the materials were not matched across tests. In the current study, we compared auditory and visual tests with matched word-level and sentence-level materials. All participants completed four tests (2 modalities x 2 linguistic levels) with counter-balanced order of conditions. In each test, 100 items were presented, with five trials in each of set sizes (2, 3, 4, 5, 6). The number of words correctly recognized, judged and recalled was measured. In part 1 of the study, 32 younger adults were tested and linguistic level and modality effects were confirmed. In part 2 of the study, 32 older adults were tested and linguistic level effects were found. Across age, recall decreased with increasing set size. There was a significant main effect of linguistic-level (word > sentence) on recall. Notably, younger adults performed just as well as older adults on both auditory tests, whereas they performed worse on both visual tests.

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Canadian Acoustics - Acoustique Canadienne

EISSN

2291-1391

ISSN

0711-6659

Publication Date

January 1, 2019

Volume

47

Issue

3

Start / End Page

100 / 101

Related Subject Headings

  • Acoustics
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Pereira, A., Pattison, J., Pichora-Fuller, M. K., & Smith, S. L. (2019). Effects of modality and linguistic materials on memory in younger and older adults. Canadian Acoustics - Acoustique Canadienne, 47(3), 100–101.
Pereira, A., J. Pattison, M. K. Pichora-Fuller, and S. L. Smith. “Effects of modality and linguistic materials on memory in younger and older adults.” Canadian Acoustics - Acoustique Canadienne 47, no. 3 (January 1, 2019): 100–101.
Pereira A, Pattison J, Pichora-Fuller MK, Smith SL. Effects of modality and linguistic materials on memory in younger and older adults. Canadian Acoustics - Acoustique Canadienne. 2019 Jan 1;47(3):100–1.
Pereira, A., et al. “Effects of modality and linguistic materials on memory in younger and older adults.” Canadian Acoustics - Acoustique Canadienne, vol. 47, no. 3, Jan. 2019, pp. 100–01.
Pereira A, Pattison J, Pichora-Fuller MK, Smith SL. Effects of modality and linguistic materials on memory in younger and older adults. Canadian Acoustics - Acoustique Canadienne. 2019 Jan 1;47(3):100–101.

Published In

Canadian Acoustics - Acoustique Canadienne

EISSN

2291-1391

ISSN

0711-6659

Publication Date

January 1, 2019

Volume

47

Issue

3

Start / End Page

100 / 101

Related Subject Headings

  • Acoustics
  • 3603 Music
  • 1904 Performing Arts and Creative Writing
  • 0913 Mechanical Engineering
  • 0203 Classical Physics