Individual Differences in Cognition and Perception Predict Neural Processing of Speech in Noise for Audiometrically Normal Listeners

L.M.M. is an inventor on intellectual property related to chirped-speech (Cheech) owned by the Regents of the University of California and not presently licensed.

This work was supported by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs through the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program (CDMRP) Hearing Restoration Research Program (HRRP) under Award Number W81XWH-20-1-0485 (to L.M.M.). Opinions, interpretations, conclusions, and recommendations are those of the author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Department of Defense. This work was also supported by the Child Family Fund for the Center for Mind & Brain (to L.M.M.). We thank members of the University of California, Davis Health audiology and clinical research team for performing initial hearing evaluations of our participants: Dr. Robert Ivory, Au.D., Dr. Mackenzie Quinn, Au.D., Dr. Rachel Krager, Au.D., Dr. Steven Zurawski, Au.D., Dr. Austin Childers, Au.D., Dr. Kimberly Smith, Au.D., Randev Sandhu, and Angela Beliveau. We extend our thanks to Cathleen Chan and Jillian McKie for their assistance in data collection. We are also grateful to Elyse Ehlert and Tiana Smith for their efforts in participant recruitment. We would like to acknowledge Sophie Burstein, Alicia Dye, Reina Itakura, Zachary McNaughton, Ferdous Rahimi, Tyler Statema, Audrey Vargas, and Nina Wade for their insightful discussions and constructive feedback. We give our special thanks to Dr. Chhayakant Patro for providing us with the computerized version of the Trail Making Test. Finally, we sincerely thank the participants of this research study without whom none of this work would be possible. This research is published in remembrance of our team member, lab mate, and friend, Karim Abou Najm.