Better visuospatial working memory in adults who report profound deafness compared to those with normal or poor hearing: Data from the UK Biobank resource

Mary Rudner; Gitte Keidser; Staffan Hygge; Jerker Rönnberg

doi:10.1097/AUD.0000000000000314

Better visuospatial working memory in adults who report profound deafness compared to those with normal or poor hearing: Data from the UK Biobank resource

Mary Rudner^*, Gitte Keidser, Staffan Hygge, Jerker Rönnberg

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Experimental work has shown better visuospatial working memory (VSWM) in profoundly deaf individuals compared to those with normal hearing. Other data, including the UK Biobank resource shows poorer VSWM in individuals with poorer hearing. Using the same database, the authors investigated VSWM in individuals who reported profound deafness. Included in this study were 112 participants who were profoundly deaf, 1310 with poor hearing and 74,635 with normal hearing. All participants performed a card-pair matching task as a test of VSWM. Although variance in VSWM performance was large among profoundly deaf participants, at group level it was superior to that of participants with both normal and poor hearing. VSWM in adults is related to hearing status but the association is not linear. Future study should investigate the mechanism behind enhanced VSWM in profoundly deaf adults.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	620-622
Number of pages	3
Journal	Ear and Hearing
Volume	37
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/AUD.0000000000000314
Publication status	Published - 1 Sept 2016
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Deafness
Hearing
Visuospatial
Working memory

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