Open AccessThe Presence of Another Individual Influences Listening Effort, But Not Performance
Author(s) -
Hidde Pielage,
Adriana A. Zekveld,
Gabrielle H. Saunders,
Niek J. Versfeld,
Thomas Lunner,
Sophia E. Kramer
Publication year - 2021
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.0000000000001046
Subject(s) - active listening , psychology , intelligibility (philosophy) , audiology , perception , pupillary response , speech perception , pupillometry , communication , pupil , medicine , philosophy , epistemology , neuroscience
The aim of this study was to modify a speech perception in noise test to assess whether the presence of another individual (copresence), relative to being alone, affected listening performance and effort expenditure. Furthermore, this study assessed if the effect of the other individual's presence on listening effort was influenced by the difficulty of the task and whether participants had to repeat the sentences they listened to or not.