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The Effect of Background Noise on Multitasking.

Record Type:	Language materials, manuscript : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The Effect of Background Noise on Multitasking./
Author:	Moor, Jaclyn.
Description:	1 online resource (46 pages)
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 78-11(E), Section: B.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International78-11B(E).
Subject:	Audiology. -
Online resource:	click for full text (PQDT)
ISBN:	9780355038897

The Effect of Background Noise on Multitasking.
Moor, Jaclyn.

The Effect of Background Noise on Multitasking. - 1 online resource (46 pages)

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 78-11(E), Section: B.

Thesis (Au.D.)

Includes bibliographical references

Multitasking in background noise may involve greater cognitive processing demands than multitasking in quiet due to an increase in perceptual demands (Rabbitt, 1968; Pichora-Fuller & Schneider, 2000). This study investigated the effect of background noise in the listening environment on the ability of young adults with normal hearing and older adults with sensorineural hearing loss to perceive speech while performing a secondary task. A dual task paradigm, which included word recognition and visual serial recall, was used to examine ability to divide limited processing resources between two tasks. The number of digits to be recalled was varied in order to test the hypothesis that background noise would degrade multitasking abilities to a greater degree than in quiet for more difficult tasks. Participants included 37 native English speakers between 19-25 years of age with pure-tone thresholds better than or equal to 20 dB HL and 10 English speakers between 58-85 years of age with pure-tone thresholds greater than or equal to 25 dB HL in both ears. The results showed that background noise can have negative effects on the ability to multitask for both younger adults with normal hearing and older adults with hearing loss; however, this effect was greater for the older adults with hearing loss, especially when task demands were increased.

Electronic reproduction.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
ProQuest,
2018

Mode of access: World Wide Web

ISBN: 9780355038897Subjects--Topical Terms:

889171
Audiology.
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554714
Electronic books.

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