The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
Int J Audiol. 2010 Feb;49(2):88-94. doi: 10.3109/14992020903280138.
The present study examined the relationship between dichotic speech recognition and state anxiety. State anxiety, as determined by the State-Trait anxiety inventory (STAI), was measured pre- and post-dichotic testing in a group of young adults with normal hearing. Dichotic speech recognition was measured for three types of speech stimuli: 3-pair digits, monosyllabic words, and consonant-vowels. Results revealed significant increases in state anxiety as a function of dichotic testing for all stimulus types. There was not a significant difference, however, in state anxiety between the stimulus types. A subset of subjects (n=44) repeated the experiment a second time. There were no significant differences in state anxiety experienced due to dichotic listening between the two sessions. Results from the present study confirm that dichotic listening induces significant increases in state anxiety in a group of young adults with normal hearing. Although statistically significant, the mean increase in state anxiety does not exceed normative levels for college students. Further, the effect of anxiety on dichotic speech recognition performance appears minimal in this population.
本研究考察了双听言语识别与状态焦虑之间的关系。通过状态-特质焦虑问卷（STAI），在一组听力正常的年轻成年人中，在双听测试之前和之后测量了状态焦虑。双听言语识别测量了三种言语刺激：三对数字、单音节词和辅音-元音。结果显示，对于所有刺激类型，随着双听测试的进行，状态焦虑显著增加。然而，不同刺激类型之间的状态焦虑没有显著差异。一小部分受试者（n=44）第二次重复了实验。在两次实验中，由于双听而引起的状态焦虑没有显著差异。本研究的结果证实，双听在一组听力正常的年轻成年人中会引起显著的状态焦虑增加。尽管在统计学上显著，但状态焦虑的平均增加量并未超过大学生的正常水平。此外，在该人群中，焦虑对双听言语识别表现的影响似乎很小。
