Herbert, N, Thyer, N, Isherwood, S et al. (1 more author) (2016) The Effect of Auditory Distraction on the Useful Field of View in Hearing Impaired Individuals and its implications for driving. Cognition, Technology and Work, 18 (2). pp. 393-402. ISSN 1435-5558
Abstract
This study assessed whether the increased demand of listening in hearing impaired individuals exacerbates the detrimental impact of auditory distraction on a visual task (useful field of view test), relative to normally hearing listeners. Auditory distraction negatively affects this visual task, which is linked with various driving performance outcomes. Hearing impaired and normally hearing participants performed useful field of view testing with and without a simultaneous listening task. They also undertook a cognitive test battery. For all participants, performing the visual and auditory tasks together reduced performance on each respective test. For a number of subtests, hearing impaired participants showed poorer visual task performance, though not to a statistically significant extent. Hearing impaired participants were significantly poorer at a reading span task than normally hearing participants and tended to score lower on the most visually complex subtest of the visual task in the absence of auditory task engagement. Useful field of view performance is negatively affected by auditory distraction, and hearing loss may present further problems, given the reductions in visual and cognitive task performance suggested in this study. Suggestions are made for future work to extend this study, given the practical importance of the findings.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016, Springer-Verlag London. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Cognition, Technology and Work. The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10111-016-0366-2 |
Keywords: | Useful field of view (UFOV); Distraction; Hearing loss; Listening effort; Attention; Driving |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > Institute for Transport Studies (Leeds) > ITS: Safety and Technology (Leeds) The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Medicine (Leeds) > Leeds Institute of Genetics, Health and Therapeutics (LIGHT) > Division of Epidemiology & Biostatistics (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 09 Mar 2016 12:31 |
Last Modified: | 14 Apr 2017 03:55 |
Published Version: | https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10111-016-0366-2 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Springer Verlag |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/s10111-016-0366-2 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:95956 |