Re: looking for the reading span test (Thomas Lunner )

Subject: Re: looking for the reading span test From: Thomas Lunner <TLU@xxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:18:06 +0200 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C9F508.E33501A4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear Valeriy and List, =20 I have a rather recent version. The original reading span test was = introduced by Daneman and Carpenter (1980). Baddeley et al.(1985) made a = test based on the technique used by Daneman and Carpenter, and this was = further developed in Sweden by the persons involved in the HEAD = Cognitive Hearing Science group at Link=F6ping University. The current = version (Andersson et al. 2001, H=E4llgren et al. 2001, R=F6nnberg et = al., 1989) is available as a stand-alone application (executable file) = and have been used in several studies (e.g. Lunner, 2003, Rudner et al, = 2008) which showed a relatively strong correlation between the reading = span test and sentence recognition in noise. Davis (2003) have also made = a large scale study where this version of the reading span test was = included. Akeroyd (2008) reviewed twenty studies, published since 1989, = that have measured experimentally the relationship between speech = recognition in noise and some aspect of cognition. Measures of working = memory (especially reading span) were mostly effective, whereas measures = of general ability, such as IQ, were mostly ineffective. If you wish, I can e-mail the executable file to you (~2 MB). =20 Best wishes, =20 Thomas Lunner, professor Cognitive Hearing Science Oticon A/S Research Centre Eriksholm, Snekkersten, Denmark Linnaeus Centre HEAD, The Swedish Institute for Disability Research, = Link=F6ping, Sweden =20 =20 References: Akeroyd MA (2008). Are individual differences in speech reception = related to individual differences in cognitive ability? A survey of = twenty experimental studies with normal and hearing-impaired adults. = International Journal of Audiology, 47 (Suppl. 2):S125-S143. Andersson, U., Lyxell, B., R=F6nnberg, J. & Spens, K-E. (2001). = Cognitive Correlates of Visual Speech Understanding in Hearing-Impaired = Individuals. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 6, 103 - 116.=20 Baddeley A, Logie R, Nimmo-Smith I & Brereton N (1985). Components of = fluent reading. Journal of memory and Language, 24, 490-502. Daneman M & Carpenter PA (1980). Individual differences in working = memory and reading. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behaviour, 19, = 450-466. Davis, A. (2003). Population study of the ability to benefit from = amplification and the provision of a hearing aid in 55-74-year-old = first-time hearing aid users. International Journal of Audiology, 42 = (Suppl 2), S39-S52. H=E4llgren, M., Larsby, B., Lyxell, B. & Arlinger, S. (2001). Evaluation = of a cognitive test battery in young and elderly normal-hearing and = hearing-impaired persons. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, = 12(7), 357-370. Lunner T. (2003) Cognitive function in relation to hearing aid use. Int = J Audiol 42(Suppl 1):S49-S58. R=F6nnberg J, Arlinger S, Lyxell B, & Kinnefors C (1989). Visual evoked = potentials: Relations to adult speechreading and cognitive function. = Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 32, 725-735. Rudner, M., Foo, C., Sundewall-Thor=E9n, E., Lunner, T. & R=F6nnberg, J. = (2008). Phonological mismatch and explicit cognitive processing in a = sample of 102 hearing aid users. International Journal of Audiology 47 = (Suppl. 2), S91-S98. =20 =20 From: AUDITORY - Research in Auditory Perception = [mailto:AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx On Behalf Of valeriy shafiro Sent: 24. juni 2009 16:30 To: AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx Subject: looking for the reading span test =20 Dear list, =20 Could anyone suggest where I could find materials necessary to = administer the Reading Span Test (Daneman & Carpenter, 1980) or a more = recent version? =20 thanks! =20 Valeriy=20 ------_=_NextPart_001_01C9F508.E33501A4 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <html xmlns:v=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" = xmlns:o=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = xmlns:w=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns:m=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" = xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta name=3DGenerator content=3D"Microsoft Word 12 (filtered medium)"> <style>  </style>  </head> <body lang=3DDA link=3Dblue vlink=3Dpurple> <div class=3DSection1> Dear Valeriy and List,<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> I have a rather recent version. The original reading span = test was introduced by Daneman and Carpenter (1980). Baddeley et al.(1985) = made a test based on the technique used by Daneman and Carpenter, and this was = further developed in Sweden by the persons involved in the HEAD Cognitive = Hearing Science group at Link=F6ping University. The current version (Andersson = et al. 2001, H=E4llgren et al. 2001, R=F6nnberg et al., 1989) is available as a stand-alone application (executable file) and have been used in several = studies (e.g. Lunner, 2003, Rudner et al, 2008) which showed a relatively strong correlation between the reading span test and sentence recognition in = noise. Davis (2003) have also made a large scale study where this version of = the reading span test was included. Akeroyd (2008) reviewed  twenty = studies, published since 1989, that have measured experimentally the relationship between speech recognition in noise and some aspect of cognition. = Measures of working memory (especially reading span) were mostly effective, whereas measures of general ability, such as IQ, were mostly = ineffective.<o:p></o:p> If you wish, I can e-mail the executable file to you (~2 = MB).<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Best wishes,<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Thomas Lunner, professor Cognitive Hearing = Science<o:p></o:p> Oticon A/S Research Centre Eriksholm, Snekkersten, = Denmark<o:p></o:p> Linnaeus Centre HEAD, The Swedish Institute for = Disability Research, Link=F6ping, Sweden<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> References:<o:p></o:p> Akeroyd MA (2008). Are individual differences in speech reception related to individual differences in cognitive ability? A = survey of twenty experimental studies with normal and hearing-impaired adults. International Journal of Audiology, 47 (Suppl. = 2):S125-S143.<o:p></o:p> Andersson, U., Lyxell, B., R=F6nnberg, J. & Spens, = K-E. (2001). Cognitive Correlates of Visual Speech Understanding in Hearing-Impaired Individuals. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 6, 103 - 116. = <o:p></o:p> Baddeley A, Logie R, Nimmo-Smith I & Brereton N = (1985). Components of fluent reading. Journal of memory and Language, 24, = 490-502.<o:p></o:p> Daneman M & Carpenter PA (1980). Individual = differences in working memory and reading. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal = Behaviour, 19, 450-466.<o:p></o:p> Davis, A. (2003). Population study of the ability to = benefit from amplification and the provision of a hearing aid in 55-74-year-old first-time hearing aid users. International Journal of Audiology, 42 = (Suppl 2), S39-S52.<o:p></o:p> H=E4llgren, M., Larsby, B., Lyxell, B. & Arlinger, S. = (2001). Evaluation of a cognitive test battery in young and elderly = normal-hearing and hearing-impaired persons. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, = 12(7), 357–370.<o:p></o:p> Lunner T. (2003) Cognitive function in relation to = hearing aid use. Int J Audiol 42(Suppl 1):S49-S58.<o:p></o:p> R=F6nnberg J, Arlinger S, Lyxell B, & Kinnefors C = (1989). Visual evoked potentials: Relations to adult speechreading and cognitive function. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 32, = 725-735.<o:p></o:p> Rudner, M., Foo, C., Sundewall-Thor=E9n, E., Lunner, T. = & R=F6nnberg, J. (2008). Phonological mismatch and explicit cognitive = processing in a sample of 102 hearing aid users. International Journal of Audiology 47 (Suppl. 2), S91-S98.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <div style=3D'border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt = 0cm 0cm 0cm'> From: AUDITORY - Research in Auditory = Perception [mailto:AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx On Behalf Of valeriy = shafiro Sent: 24. juni 2009 16:30 To: AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx Subject: looking for the reading span test<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> Dear list,   Could anyone suggest where I could find materials necessary to = administer the Reading Span Test (Daneman & Carpenter, 1980) or a more recent = version?   thanks!   Valeriy <o:p></o:p> </div> </body> </html> ------_=_NextPart_001_01C9F508.E33501A4--

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