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An Investigation of Non-Auditory Lexical Language Skills in Relation to Hearing Ability and Second Language Use in Older Adults

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Margreet VogelzangORCiD

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Abstract

This study explored how age-related hearing loss and second language use relate to non-auditory lexical language abilities in 74 older adults (mean age 63; range 50–73). Participants completed a cognitive task (backwards digit span) and two lexical tasks: a verbal fluency task, which has a stronger cognitive component, and a vocabulary task, which has a lesser cognitive component. Our findings suggest that fundamental language skills are distinct from perceptual difficulties – at least in a lexical task with a lesser cognitive component. In the lexical task with a stronger cognitive component, we found evidence for a complex relation between age-related hearing loss and the frequency of second language use.

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Author(s): Vogelzang M

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Experimental Aging Research

Year: 2025

Volume: 51

Issue: 4

Pages: 430-443

Print publication date: 01/08/2025

Online publication date: 12/12/2024

Acceptance date: 18/11/2024

Date deposited: 04/12/2024

ISSN (print): 0361-073X

ISSN (electronic): 1096-4657

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc.

URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/0361073X.2024.2432238

DOI: 10.1080/0361073X.2024.2432238

ePrints DOI: 10.57711/6nwe-0w80

Data Access Statement: The data as well as the analysis code are provided in an open science framework (OSF) repository https://osf.io/pkvwd/?view_only=ae5e3b3528b54b05a49d8da6e3b31494

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