Relationship Between Socioeconomic Status and Basic Auditory Processing in Young Adults.

IF 1.4 4区医学 Q3 AUDIOLOGY & SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY

American Journal of Audiology Pub Date : 2024-10-17 DOI:10.1044/2024_AJA-24-00147

Bhamini Sharma, Akshay R Maggu

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Abstract

Purpose: The current study aimed at investigating the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and basic auditory processing in young adults with normal hearing. Specifically, we sought to determine whether SES metrics, including parental education, parental occupation, and individual education attainment, influenced performance on tasks of basic auditory processing. Secondarily, we also aimed at understanding the interactive effects of SES and working memory on basic auditory processing.

Method: A total of 38 young adults were included in the study. Self-reported SES measures were recorded through Likert scales, and auditory processing measures included tests for temporal fine structure (TFS) and spectrotemporal sensitivity (STS). Pearson correlation analyses were conducted to probe the relationships between SES indicators and auditory processing performance. Multiple linear regressions were conducted to understand the interactive effects of SES and working memory on auditory processing performance.

Results: The analysis revealed no significant correlation between SES measures and basic auditory processing performance across TFS and STS tasks. Furthermore, analysis investigating the interaction between SES and working memory also yielded nonsignificant results. These findings indicate that, within this specific age cohort, SES information may not be indispensable for assessing basic auditory processing.

Conclusions: Our study suggests that SES may not significantly influence basic auditory processing in young adults with normal hearing. However, further research with larger sample sizes and longitudinal designs is warranted to confirm these findings and explore potential age-related differences in the impact of SES on auditory processing across the lifespan.

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社会经济地位与青少年基本听觉处理能力之间的关系。

目的：本研究旨在调查听力正常的年轻成年人的社会经济地位（SES）与基本听觉处理之间的关系。具体来说，我们试图确定社会经济地位指标（包括父母教育程度、父母职业和个人教育程度）是否会影响基本听觉处理任务的表现。其次，我们还希望了解社会经济条件和工作记忆对基本听觉处理能力的交互影响：方法：本研究共纳入 38 名青少年。通过李克特量表记录自我报告的 SES 测量，听觉处理测量包括时间精细结构（TFS）和谱时敏感性（STS）测试。为了探究 SES 指标与听觉处理能力之间的关系，我们进行了皮尔逊相关分析。为了了解 SES 和工作记忆对听觉处理能力的交互影响，还进行了多元线性回归：分析表明，在 TFS 和 STS 任务中，SES 指标与基本听觉处理成绩之间没有明显的相关性。此外，对 SES 和工作记忆之间交互作用的分析结果也不显著。这些研究结果表明，在这个特定的年龄组中，SES 信息对于评估基本听觉处理能力可能并不是不可或缺的：我们的研究表明，社会经济地位可能不会对听力正常的年轻人的基本听觉处理能力产生重大影响。然而，为了证实这些研究结果，并探索社会经济地位对听觉处理的影响在整个生命周期中可能存在的年龄相关差异，我们有必要利用更大的样本量和纵向设计开展进一步研究。

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American Journal of Audiology AUDIOLOGY & SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY-OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY

CiteScore

3.00

自引率

16.70%

发文量

163

审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： Mission: AJA publishes peer-reviewed research and other scholarly articles pertaining to clinical audiology methods and issues, and serves as an outlet for discussion of related professional and educational issues and ideas. The journal is an international outlet for research on clinical research pertaining to screening, diagnosis, management and outcomes of hearing and balance disorders as well as the etiologies and characteristics of these disorders. The clinical orientation of the journal allows for the publication of reports on audiology as implemented nationally and internationally, including novel clinical procedures, approaches, and cases. AJA seeks to advance evidence-based practice by disseminating the results of new studies as well as providing a forum for critical reviews and meta-analyses of previously published work. Scope: The broad field of clinical audiology, including audiologic/aural rehabilitation; balance and balance disorders; cultural and linguistic diversity; detection, diagnosis, prevention, habilitation, rehabilitation, and monitoring of hearing loss; hearing aids, cochlear implants, and hearing-assistive technology; hearing disorders; lifespan perspectives on auditory function; speech perception; and tinnitus.