Listening Effort Among Adults With and Without Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.

Conclusions LE is increased among those with ADHD. As a DTP assumes limited cognitive capacity to allocate attentional resources, LE among those with ADHD may be increased because higher level cognitive processes are more taxed in this population. Studies on LE using a DTP should take into consideration mechanisms of selective and divided attention. Among young adults who need to continuously process great volumes of auditory and visual information, much more effort may be expended by those with ADHD than those without it. As a result, those with ADHD may be more prone to fatigue and irritability, similar to those who are engaged in more outwardly demanding tasks. PMID: 31747524 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR - November 19, 2019 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Taitelbaum-Swead R, Kozol Z, Fostick L Tags: J Speech Lang Hear Res Source Type: research