Open AccessEffects of Age and Hearing Loss on the Recognition of Emotions in Speech
Author(s) -
Julie Anja Engelhard Christensen,
Jenni Sis,
Aditya M. Kulkarni,
Monita Chatterjee
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
ear and hearing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.577
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1538-4667
pISSN - 0196-0202
DOI - 10.1097/aud.0000000000000694
Subject(s) - audiology , psychology , hearing loss , cognition , sentence , developmental psychology , medicine , linguistics , philosophy , neuroscience
Emotional communication is a cornerstone of social cognition and informs human interaction. Previous studies have shown deficits in facial and vocal emotion recognition in older adults, particularly for negative emotions. However, few studies have examined combined effects of aging and hearing loss on vocal emotion recognition by adults. The objective of this study was to compare vocal emotion recognition in adults with hearing loss relative to age-matched peers with normal hearing. We hypothesized that age would play a role in emotion recognition and that listeners with hearing loss would show deficits across the age range.