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Visentin, Chiara, Pellegatti, Marco, Garraffa, Maria 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1767-424X, Di Domenico, Alberto and Prodi, Nicola
(2023)
Individual characteristics moderate listening effort in noisy classrooms.
Scientific Reports, 13.
ISSN 2045-2322
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Abstract
Comprehending the teacher’s message when other students are chatting is challenging. Even though the sound environment is the same for a whole class, differences in individual performance can be observed, which might depend on a variety of personal factors and their specific interaction with the listening condition. This study was designed to explore the role of individual characteristics (reading comprehension, inhibitory control, noise sensitivity) when primary school children perform a listening comprehension task in the presence of a two-talker masker. The results indicated that this type of noise impairs children’s accuracy, effort, and motivation during the task. Its specific impact depended on the level and was modulated by the child’s characteristics. In particular, reading comprehension was found to support task accuracy, whereas inhibitory control moderated the effect of listening condition on the two measures of listening effort included in the study (response time and self-ratings), even though with a different pattern of association. A moderation effect of noise sensitivity on perceived listening effort was also observed. Understanding the relationship between individual characteristics and classroom sound environment has practical implications for the acoustic design of spaces promoting students’ well-being, and supporting their learning performance.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | Funding Information: This work was funded by the project BRIC 2019—topic ID 14 from the National Institute for Insurance against Accidents at Work (Italy). |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > School of Health Sciences |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Lifespan Health |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Aug 2023 11:30 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Oct 2023 01:40 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/92943 |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41598-023-40660-1 |
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