Department of Audiology, All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Manasagangothri, Mysuru, Karnataka, 570 006, India.
JSS Institute of Speech and Hearing, MG Road, Mysuru, 570004, India.
Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2021 Jul;278(7):2577-2583. doi: 10.1007/s00405-020-06512-8. Epub 2021 Jan 2.
Controversy exists as to whether auditory memory is modality-specific or not. To determine this, the study investigated the relation between the scores obtained on an auditory memory test with that obtained on a global memory test in adults. The study also aimed to compare the scores of young and older adults on the two memory tests.
Thirty young adults aged 18 to 30 years and 30 older adults aged 58 to 70 years, having normal hearing sensitivity, were studied. Auditory memory was evaluated using the 'Kannada auditory memory and sequencing test', while global memory was assessed using the memory domain of the 'Cognitive linguistic assessment protocol for Adults' and the 'Memory ability checklist'.
No significant correlation was seen between the scores obtained on the auditory memory and the global memory tests in both young adults as well as older adults. Also, the scores on the memory ability checklist did not show any correlation with either global memory scores or auditory memory scores in both participant groups. Additionally, the scores of the three memory measures were found to be significantly different from each other. The older adults obtained significantly poorer scores on all three memory tools compared to young adults.
The findings indicated that auditory memory is modality-specific and is independent of global memory. Additionally, all three measures were sensitive in detecting age-related decline in memory.
听觉记忆是否具有模态特异性存在争议。为了确定这一点，本研究调查了成人听觉记忆测试得分与整体记忆测试得分之间的关系。本研究还旨在比较两个记忆测试中年轻和老年成年人的得分。
研究了 30 名年龄在 18 至 30 岁的年轻成年人和 30 名年龄在 58 至 70 岁的老年成年人，他们均具有正常的听力敏感度。使用“卡纳达语听觉记忆和序列测试”评估听觉记忆，使用“成人认知语言评估协议”和“记忆能力检查表”的记忆域评估整体记忆。
在年轻成年人和老年成年人中，听觉记忆测试得分与整体记忆测试得分之间均未观察到显著相关性。此外，在两个参与者群体中，记忆能力检查表的得分与整体记忆得分或听觉记忆得分均无相关性。此外，发现三个记忆测试的得分彼此之间存在显著差异。与年轻成年人相比，老年成年人在所有三种记忆工具上的得分明显较差。
研究结果表明，听觉记忆具有模态特异性，并且独立于整体记忆。此外，所有三种测量方法都能够敏感地检测到与年龄相关的记忆下降。
