IQ appears to affect ability to listen in noisy settings
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In a study of three groups — individuals with autism, fetal alcohol syndrome and a “neurotypical” control group — researchers found that cognitive ability was significantly associated with how well the participants, all with typical hearing, processed speech in noisy environments.
“The relationship between cognitive ability and speech-perception performance transcended diagnostic categories. That finding was consistent across all three groups,” said the study’s lead investigator, Bonnie Lau. She is a research assistant professor in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery at the University of Washington School of Medicine and directs lab studies of auditory brain development.
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