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Variability in Auditory Distraction

Riffle, Travis Lee
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1565870603158009

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2019, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Ohio University, Hearing Science (Health Sciences and Professions).
This project examined factors that contribute to variability in auditory distraction during cognitive tasks. Discrepancies in the current literature as well as extensions of existing theories were investigated. A series of three experiments were devised for this study. The first experiment examined auditory distraction by oddball auditory stimuli and the influence of task type and the cognitive demands of the task. The second experiment examined distraction by incongruent stimuli in an auditory-spatial Stroop task, and the relationship of the working memory (WM) load relative to the targets or distractors in the task. The third experiment examined whether manipulating the ratio of standard and oddball sounds would create distraction over the course of the experiment as both sounds became more familiar. Additionally, participants’ working memory capacity (WMC) was measured. Results showed that generally, the degree of auditory distraction, as measured by differences in reaction time (Δ RT), was variable relative to the independent variables of interest in each task. WMC did not play a major role in the modulation of auditory distraction, but played a more prominent role in overall task performance. Results of the study and implications with regards to cognitive processing and task design are discussed.
James Montgomery (Advisor)
Jeffrey DiGiovanni (Committee Member)
Fuh-Cherng Jeng (Committee Member)
Darcey Allan (Committee Member)
169 p.
Audiology; Health Sciences
hearing science; audiology; cognition; distraction; working memory

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  • Riffle, T. L. (2019). Variability in Auditory Distraction [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1565870603158009

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Riffle, Travis. Variability in Auditory Distraction. 2019. Ohio University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1565870603158009.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Riffle, Travis. "Variability in Auditory Distraction." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1565870603158009

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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