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. 2023 Dec 26;67(1):296–345. doi: 10.1044/2023_JSLHR-22-00716

Table A1.

Correlations between behavioral auditory measures and cognitive constructs.

Behavioral auditory construct Study N Auditory measure Cognitive construct Correlation p value Effect size (r unless specified)
Speech in noise Anderson et al., 2013 120 QSIN WM ~ > .05 −.42
WIN ^^ ~ > .05 −.16
Anderson et al., 2013 120 HINT WM + < .01 .27
^^ ^^ + < .05 −.22
QSIN ^^ + < .01 −.29
WIN ^^ + < .01 −.27
Anzivino et al., 2019 44 SentBab Multi + .04 NR
^^ ^^ + .02 NR
Arehart et al., 2015 31 Sent4 WM + .04 t = 2.15
Cahana-Amitay et al., 2016 173 SPIN ExP ~ > .05 NR
^^ WM ~ > .05 NR
^^ ^^ ~ > .05 NR
Cahana-Amitay et al., 2016 173 SPIN ExP + .002 t = −3.1
Carvalho et al., 2017 25 SentSS Multi + .003 −.57
^^ ^^ + .002 .58
Castiglione et al., 2019 166 SentSS Multi + < .001 −.54
Cox et al., 2008 45 QSIN WM ~ > .05 .39
^^ ^^ ~ > .05 .44
Ellis et al., 2016 1,509 SentSS ProcS + < .001 .37
^^ ExP + < .001 .33
Foo et al., 2007 32 SentUnMod WM + < .01 −.67
SentMod ^^ + < .01 −.65
HINT ^^ + < .01 −.53
Fostick et al., 2013 89 WordsSS WM ~ > .05 .1
WordsW ^^ ~ > .05 .16
Füllgrabe et al., 2015 30 VCV WM ~ > .05 .28
^^ ^^ ~ > .05 .13
Sent2 ^^ ~ > .05 .45
^^ ^^ ~ > .05 .27
Füllgrabeet al., 2015 30 VCV WM + ≤ .05 .52
^^ ExP + ≤ .05 .40
Sent2 ^^ + ≤ .05 .61
^^ WM + ≤ .05 .65
Ghannoum et al., 2018 71 SPIN ExP ~ .07 .15
SSI-ICM ^^ ~ .09 .15
SSI-CCM ^^ ~ .48 .17
SPIN ^^ ~ .34 .08
SSI-ICM ^^ ~ 2.49 .03
SSI-CCM ^^ ~ 2.65 .17
SPIN WM ~ .69 .11
SSI-ICM ^^ ~ 1.3 .07
SSI-CCM ^^ ~ 1.69 .02
SPIN VisP ~ 1.84 .04
SSI-ICM ^^ ~ 1.0 .09
SSI-CCM ^^ ~ .88 .04
Giroud et al., 2021 38 SentSS WM ~ .65 .32
Gordon-Salant & Cole, 2016 28 WordsBab WM + < .01 −.63
^^ ^^ + < .01 −.48
^^ ProcS + < .01 −.59
^^ ^^ + < .01 −.52
SentBab WM + < .01 −.63
^^ ^^ + < .01 −.55
^^ ProcS + < .05 −.36
^^ ^^ + < .05 −.33
Helfer & Freyman, 2014 45 Sent2 ExP ~ > .05 −.17
Sent1 ^^ ~ > .05 −.25
Helfer & Freyman, 2014 45 Sent2 WM + ≤ .05 .42
^^ ExP + ≤ .05 .42
Sent1 ^^ + ≤ .05 .45
Humes, 2021 137 QSIN WM + < .01 −.16
WIN ^^ + < .01 −.27
Humes et al., 2013 125 CompSIN WM + < .01 .54
Jain & Dwarakanath, 2019 92 QSIN WM ~ .75 .04
Jain & Dwarakanath, 2019 92 QSIN WM + .01 .48
Kamerer et al., 2019 32 WordsSS WM ~ > .05 NR
Kim et al., 2020 96 SentBab WM + .001 .38
^^ ^^ + .001 .38
Koelewijn et al., 2014 32 SentFluc WM ~ > .05 −.13
Sent1 ^^ ~ > .05 −.19
Krause et al., 2014 15 Sent16Hz ProcS ~ > .05 −.02
Sent4kHz ^^ ~ > .05 .24
Krause et al., 2014 15 Sent2 ProcS + < .05 .60
Lee et al., 2018 46 Sent3 WM + < .05 .35
Lunner, 2003 72 SentSS WM + < .05 −.53
^^ ProcS + < .05 .39
Lunner & Sundewall-Thoren, 2007 23 SentUnMod WM + < .05 −.44
Mamo & Helfer, 2021 39 SentMod WM ~ .46 .10
Mamo & Helfer, 2021 39 Sent2 WM + .05 .30
Mamo et al., 2019 250 QSIN WM + .01 .82
^^ ExP + .02 .81
Merten et al., 2020 1,274 Words1 ExP + < .05 .14
Miller et al., 2017 76 SentSS WM ~ .15 F = 2.2
^^ ^^ ~ .15 F = 2.1
Millman & Mattys, 2017 30 SentMod WM ~ .40 .16
^^ ^^ ~ .82 .05
Millman & Mattys, 2017 30 SentSS WM + .05 .40
Moberly et al., 2017 60 SentSS VisP ~ > .05 NR
Moberly et al., 2017 60 SentSS WM + .007 .50
Moore et al., 2014 502,642 DigitStat Multi + < .001 NR
Mosnier et al., 2015 94 WordsW Multi ~ > .05 NR
^^ VisP ~ > .05 NR
^^ ProcS ~ > .05 NR
^^ ExP ~ > .05 NR
Mosnier et al., 2015 94 WordsW ExP + < .05 NR
Mukari et al., 2020 72 HINT Multi + < .001 −.44
Murphy et al., 2016 177 SentW WM ~ .70 −.03
Murphy et al., 2018 77 SentW WM ~ > .05 .03
Mussoi, 2021 31 QSIN WM ~ .04 .38
HINT ^^ ~ .86 .03
SPIN ^^ ~ .16 .27
Neher, 2014 60 SentCafe WM + < .01 .35
Neher et al., 2009 20 Sent3 WM + < .01 −.58
Neher et al., 2012 17 Sent2 WM + < .05 −.48
Neher et al., 2013 40 SentCafe WM + < .05 NR
Neher et al., 2014 40 SentCafe ProcS + < .001 −.28
Ng et al., 2014 27 SentSS WM ~ > .05 −.31
^^ ProcS ~ > .05 .26
^^ ^^ ~ > .05 .32
^^ ^^ ~ > .05 −.23
A-SentSS ^^ ~ > .05 −.42
Ng et al., 2014 27 A-SentSS WM + < .01 −.53
^^ ProcS + .47 ≤ .05
^^ ^^ + ≤ .05 .39
O'Brien et al., 2021 213 WIN ProcS ~ > .05 .05
^^ ExP ~ > .05 .11
^^ WM ~ > .05 .12
^^ ^^ ~ > .05 .13
O'Brien et al., 2021 213 WIN Multi + < .01 −.31
Parbery-Clark et al., 2011 37 WIN WM ~ .32 −.17
Parbery-Clark et al., 2011 37 QSIN WM + .01 −.40
HINT ^^ + .03 −.35
Patro et al., 2021 61 SentBab ProcS ~ > .05 NR
^^ ExP ~ > .05 NR
Pronk et al., 2013 1,298 DigitStat Multi + < .001 −.10
Pronk et al., 2019 1,029 DigitStat Multi + NR NR
Quaranta et al., 2014 488 SSI-ICM Multi + .03 OR = 2.4
Rönnberg et al., 2016 200 Sent4 Multi + < .001 .20
Rosemann & Thiel, 2020 38 SentSS WM ~ > .05 NR
^^ ExP ~ > .05 NR
Rosemann & Thiel, 2020 38 SentSS ExP + .02 .58
Rudner et al., 2007 32 A-SentMod WM ~ > .05 NR
HINT ^^ ~ > .05 NR
Rudner et al., 2007 32 SentMod WM + < .05 −.65
HINT ^^ + < .05 −.53
Rudner et al., 2009 31 A-SentSteady WM ~ > .05 −.01
A-SentMod ^^ ~ > .05 −.43
Rudner et al., 2009 31 A-SentSteady WM + < .05 −.58
A-SentMod ^^ + < .05 −.64
HINT ^^ + < .05 −.58
Rudner et al., 2011 30 SentSteady WM + .01 −.46
SentMod ^^ + .01 −.48
A-SentSteady ^^ + < .05 −.37
A-SentMod ^^ + < .01 −.53
HINT ^^ + < .01 −.60
Sardone et al., 2020 1,647 SSI-ICM Multi + < .01 .04
Sardone et al., 2021 1,929 SSI-ICM Multi + NR OR = 1.9
Saunders et al., 2018 61 QSIN Multi + < .001 −.55
Schoof & Rosen, 2014 38 SentBab WM ~ > .05 NR
^^ ProcS ~ > .05 NR
Schoof & Rosen, 2014 38 SentSS ProcS + .01 .44
Sheft et al., 2015 124 QSIN Multi ~ .70 −.04
Slater & Kraus, 2016 54 QSIN WM ~ .15 −.21
Smith & Pichora-Fuller, 2015 72 SPIN VisP ~ > .003 NR
Smith & Pichora-Fuller, 2015 72 WIN VisP + < .003 −.77
QSIN ^^ + < .003 −.71
Souza & Arehart, 2015 124 QSIN WM + .02 −.18
Stroi & Souza, 2022 19 QSIN WM ~ > .05 NR
Strori & Souza, 2022 19 QSIN WM + .02 .54
Van Rooij & Plomp, 1992 80 SentSS WM ~ .33 .31
Wayne et al., 2016 26 Sent2 WM ~ > .05 −.34
^^ ^^ ~ > .05 −.23
^^ ^^ ~ > .05 .26
^^ ^^ ~ > .05 .31
^^ ^^ ~ > .05 −.17
^^ ExP ~ > .05 −.06
Wayne et al., 2016 26 Sent2 WM + < .05 .45
^^ ^^ + < .05 −.42
^^ ^^ + < .01 .58
Wong et al., 2014 34 HINT Multi + < .005 .33
Yeend et al., 2019 122 CompSIN WM + < .001 .02
Yumba, 2019 195 CompSIN ExP ~ .33 t = −0.97
^^ Fluid ~ > .05 NR
Yumba, 2019 195 CompSIN WM + .02 t = −2.4
^^ ^^ + .03 t = −2.2
^^ ProcS + .05 t = −2.5
^^ ^^ + .02 t = −2.5
^^ ExP + .05 t = −2.0
Zhan et al., 2018 166 HINT Multi + .02 .17
Altered speech Bergemalm & Lyxell, 2005 22 TCSpch WM + NR NR
^^ ^^ + NR NR
^^ ProcS + NR NR
^^ ^^ + NR NR
^^ ^^ + NR NR
^^ Fluid + NR NR
Cervera et al., 2009 55 TCSpch WM + < .05 .37
^^ ^^ + < .05 .36
Cox, 2008 45 LPFS WM ~ > .05 .46
^^ ^^ ~ > .05 .55
Fostick et al., 2013 89 TCSpch WM ~ > .05 −.02
Kamerer et al., 2019 32 TCSpch WM + < .01 .40
^^ ExP + < .01 .63
Kim et al., 2020 96 TCSpch WM + .002 .36
Moberly et al., 2019 83 VocodSpch ExP + .02 −.35
^^ Fluid + .03 .34
O'Brien et al., 2021 213 TCSpch ProcS ~ > .05 −.03
^^ ExP ~ > .05 −.12
^^ WM ~ > .05 −.08
^^ ^^ ~ > .05 .13
O'Brien et al., 2021 213 TCSpch Multi + < .01 .36
Shader et al., 2020 30 VocodSpch WM ~ > .05 NR
Vaughan et al., 2008 225 TCSpch WM ~ > .05 NR
^^ ^^ ~ > .05 .14
^^ ProcS ~ > .05 NR
Vaughan et al., 2008 225 TCSpch WM + < .05 .28
^^ ProcS + < .05 .12
Temporal processing Cox, 2008 45 PPS WM ~ > .05 .25
^^ ^^ ~ > .05 .36
Danielsson et al., 2019 245 TempOr WM ~ > .05 −.10
^^ ^^ ~ > .05 −.13
Danielsson et al., 2019 245 Gap ProcS + < .05 −.16
^^ ^^ + < .01 −.23
^^ Fluid + < .01 −.19
^^ WM + < .01 −.29
^^ ^^ + < .01 −.24
^^ ^^ + < .01 −.19
^^ ^^ + < .05 −.16
TempOr ProcS + < .01 −.44
^^ ^^ + < .01 −.42
^^ Fluid + < .01 −.27
^^ WM + < .01 −.4
^^ ^^ + < .01 −.49
^^ ^^ + < .01 −.31
^^ ^^ + < .05 −.18
Füllgrabe et al., 2015 30 Envelope WM ~ > .05 −.15
^^ ^^ ~ > .05 −.15
^^ ^^ ~ > .05 .09
^^ ExP ~ > .05 −.26
^^ ^^ ~ > .05 −.11
Füllgrabe et al., 2015 30 TempFS WM + ≤ .05 .49
^^ ExP + ≤ .05 .54
Humes, 2005 213 Duration Multi + < .01 .32
TempOr ^^ + < .01 .26
Humes, 2021b 98 Gap VisP + < .05 .22
TempOr Fluid + < .01 −.32
Humes et al., 2010 339 TempMas Multi ~ > .05 NR
Humes et al., 2010 339 Gap Multi + < .01 .87
TempOr ^^ + < .01 .54
Humes et al., 2013 125 ModD Multi ~ > .01 −.25
CompTP ^^ ~ > .01 −.25
Kamerer et al., 2019 32 ModD WM + < .01 .17
^^ ^^ + < .01 .24
Lentz et al., 2022 155 StrSeg WM ~ .35 −.08
Lentz et al., 2022 155 ModD WM + < .001 .09
^^ ^^ + < .001 −.34
TempMas ^^ + .002 −.25
Mioni et al., 2021 247 TimeDis WM + < .01 .009
^^ ExP + < .05 .01
^^ ProcS + < .05 .02
Mukari et al., 2020 72 GIN Multi ~ > .05 −.21
Murphy et al., 2016 177 FPT WM + .004 .21
Murphy et al., 2018 77 FPT WM + < .001 .43
Neher et al., 2012 17 TempFS WM + .06 .48
O'Brien et al., 2021 213 ATTR WM ~ > .05 −.06
^^ ^^ ~ > .05 −.17
^^ Multi ~ > .05 −.07
^^ ExP ~ > .05 .12
^^ ProcS ~ > .05 .009
O'Brien et al., 2021 213 ATTR ExP + < .01 .40
^^ Multi + < .05 −.21
^^ WM + < .05 −.22
^^ ^^ + < .05 −.27
Patro et al., 2021 61 Envelope ProcS + < .05 NR
^^ ExP + < .05 NR
Rönnberg et al., 2016 200 TempFS Multi + < .001 .30
Strelcyk et al., 2019 20 ILD JND ExP ~ > .05 .60
^^ ^^ ~ > .05 .34
^^ Multi ~ > .05 −.48
IPD JND ^^ ~ > .05 −.38
^^ ProcS ~ > .05 .61
IPD Freq Multi ~ > .05 .42
Strelcyk et al., 2019 20 IPD Freq ProcS + < .05 −.69
^^ ExP + < .001 −.83
^^ ExP + < .05 −.68
IPD JND ^^ + < .05 .67
^^ ExP + < .01 .79
ILD JND ProcS + < .05 .72
Szymaszek et al., 2009 86 TempOr Fluid ~ > .05 NR
Szymaszek et al., 2009 86 TempOr Fluid + < .07 .20
Ulbrich et al., 2009 100 TempOr WM + ≤ .001 −.33
Binaural processing Ghannoum et al., 2018 71 DDT ExP ~ 1.29 .02
^^ ^^ ~ 1.23 .02
^^ WM ~ .11 .07
^^ VisP ~ 1.21 .05
Hällgren et al., 2001 30 DDT-LF WM ~ > .05 NR
^^ ProcS ~ > .05 NR
^^ ^^ ~ > .05 NR
^^ ^^ ~ > .05 NR
^^ ^^ ~ > .05 NR
Hällgren et al., 2001 30 DiSpch-FR WM + < .05 .57
^^ ProcS + < .05 −.38
^^ ^^ + < .05 −.46
^^ ^^ + < .05 .46
^^ ^^ + < .05 −.44
Hommet et al., 2010 53 DiSpch-FR ProcS + < .05 −.52
^^ ExP + < .05 −.54
^^ WM + < .05 .48
DiSpch-RF ExP + < .05 .66
Humes, 2005 213 DiCV Multi + < .05 .48
Humes et al., 2013 125 MLD WM ~ > .01 NR
Lentz et al., 2022 155 MLD WM + .005 −.37
Mukari et al., 2020 72 DDT Multi ~ > .05 .07
Murphy et al., 2016 177 DDT-RF WM ~ .07 .15
Murphy et al., 2016 177 DDT-LF WM + .04 .14
Murphy et al., 2018 77 DDT-LF WM ~ .09 .20
Murphy et al., 2018 77 DDT-RF WM + < .01 .30
Nixon et al., 2019 85 DDT ExP ~ > .05 NR
^^ Fluid ~ > .05 NR
^^ VisP ~ > .05 NR
^^ WM ~ > .05 NR
O'Brien et al., 2021 213 DSI-RF ProcS ~ > .05 −.19
DDT-RF ^^ ~ > .05 −.15
^^ ExP ~ > .05 −.19
DSI-LF WM ~ > .05 .06
DDT-LF ^^ ~ > .05 .14
O'Brien et al., 2021 213 DSI-LF ProcS + < .01 −.34
DDT-LF ^^ + < .05 −.25
^^ ExP + < .01 −.31
DSI-RF ^^ + < .05 .20
DDT-RF ^^ + < .05 .27
^^ ^^ + < .01 .31
Pinheiro et al., 2012 60 DDT Multi + .01 NR
Spatial processing Bergemalm & Lyxell, 2005 22 PhasAud WM + NR NR
^^ ^^ + NR NR
^^ ProcS + NR NR
^^ ^^ + NR NR
^^ ^^ + NR NR
^^ Fluid + NR NR
Glyde et al., 2013 80 LISN Multi ~
Humes et al., 2013 125 CRM WM ~ > .01 NR
Nixon et al., 2019 85 LISN-LC ExP + .01 .28
LISN-SA ^^ + .03 −.22
^^ VisP + .03 −.16
Other Biagianti et al., 2016 131 APS VisP + < .05 −.25
^^ ^^ + < .01 −.29
^^ ^^ + < .001 −.36
^^ ProcS + < .001 −.34
^^ Fluid + < .05 −.34
Biswas et al., 2016 21 SRhT WM ~ > .05 .25
^^ ^^ ~ > .05 .4
MBEA ^^ ~ > .05 .22
^^ ^^ ~ > .05 .24
BAT ^^ ~ > .05 .37
Biswas et al., 2016 21 SRhT WM + < .01 .55
MBEA ^^ + < .05 .44
BAT ^^ + < .05 −.48
^^ ^^ + < .05 .47
Jain et al., 2022 60 CompAP WM + < .001 .58
Lentz et al., 2022 155 HarMis WM + < .001 −.35

Note. Correlations indicated using “positive” (+), “negative” (−), or “null” (~) symbols. ^^ signifies “same as above.” A- = Aided; APS = Auditory Processing Speech; Bab = Babble; BAT = Beat Alignment Test; CafÕ = Cafeteria Noise; Comp = Composite; Digit = Digits; Dis = Discrimination; DiSpch = Dichotic Speech; DSI = Dichotic Sentence Identification; ExP = Executive Processes; Fluc = Fluctuating Noise; Fluid = fluid intelligence; FS = FineStructure; Gap = Gap Detection; HarMis = Harmonic Mistuning; LC = Low Cue; Mas = Masking; Mod = Modulated Noise; ModD = Modulation Detection; Multi = multiple-domains; Sent = Sentences; Or = Order; PhasAud = Phase Audiometry; ProcS = processing speed; SA = Spatial Advantage; Sent# = Sentences in #-talker masker; SIN = Speech in Noise; Spch = Speech; Stat = Stationary Noise; SRhT= Seashore Rhythm Test; Steady = Steady State Noise; StrSeg = Stream Segregation; Temp = Temporal; UnMod = Unmodulated Noise; VisP = visual perception; Vocod = Vocoded; WM = working memory.