Open AccessCogmed Training Does Not Generalize to Real-World Benefits for Adult Hearing Aid Users: Results of a Blinded, Active-Controlled Randomized Trial
Author(s) -
Helen Henshaw,
Antje Heinrich,
Ashana Tittle,
Melanie A. Ferguson
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.0000000000001096
Subject(s) - working memory , audiology , working memory training , hearing aid , hearing loss , active listening , cognitive training , randomized controlled trial , psychology , cognition , psychological intervention , task (project management) , population , speech perception , memory span , perception , medicine , communication , surgery , management , environmental health , neuroscience , psychiatry , economics
Performance on working memory tasks is positively associated with speech-in-noise perception performance, particularly where auditory inputs are degraded. It is suggested that interventions designed to improve working memory capacity may improve domain-general working memory performance for people with hearing loss, to benefit their real-world listening. We examined whether a 5-week training program that primarily targets the storage component of working memory (Cogmed RM, adaptive) could improve cognition, speech-in-noise perception and self-reported hearing in a randomized controlled trial of adult hearing aid users with mild to moderate hearing loss, compared with an active control (Cogmed RM, nonadaptive) group of adults from the same population.