Table 5.

Summary of Effect Sizes for Significant Pairwise Comparisons.

Measure	Effect	Comparison	Effect Size
Sound Pressure Level	Condition	COMF – COMF+10	1.45
		COMF – 2XCOMF	1.35
		COMF – NOISE	1.53
	Sentence	Short – Long Sentence	−0.14
Duration	Age by Sentence	Long Sentence: OA – YA	0.87
	Condition	COMF – COMF+10	0.12
		COMF – NOISE	0.18
Lung Volume Initiation	Age by Sex	Men: OA – YA	1.09
	Condition by Sentence by Age	OA Short Sentence: COMF – COMF+10	0.58
		OA Short Sentence: COMF – 2XCOMF	0.42
		OA Short Sentence: COMF – NOISE	0.58
		OA Long Sentence: COMF – 2XCOMF	0.35
		YA Long Sentence COMF – COMF+10	0.51
Lung Volume Termination	Age by Sex	Men: OA – YA	0.84
	Condition by Sentence by Age	OA Short Sentence: COMF – COMF+10	0.46
Lung Volume Excursion	Age by Sentence	OA: Short – Long	1.37
		YA: Short – Long	1.38
		Long: OA – YA	0.92
		Short: OA – YA	0.88
	Condition	COMF – COMF+10	0.32
		COMF – 2XCOMF	0.32
		COMF – NOISE	0.48
Percent of Vital Capacity Expended per Syllable	Age	OA – YA	0.90
	Condition	COMF – COMF+10	0.39
		COMF – 2XCOMF	0.38
		COMF – NOISE	0.59
Rib Cage Volume Initiation	Age by Sex	Men: OA – YA	1.43
	Condition by Sentence by Age	OA Short: COMF – COMF+10	0.63
		OA Short: COMF – 2XCOMF	0.70
		OA Short: COMF – NOISE	0.70
		YA Short: COMF – NOISE	0.49
		OA Long: 2XCOMF – COMF	−0.31
		OA Long: 2XCOMF – COMF+10	−0.41
	Condition by Sentence by Age	OA Long: 2XCOMF – NOISE	−0.32
		YA Long: COMF – COMF+10	0.62
		YA Long: COMF – 2XCOMF	0.69
		YA Long: COMF – NOISE	0.68
Rib Cage Volume Termination	Age by Sex	Men: OA – YA	1.33
	Condition by Sentence by Age	OA Short: COMF – COMF+10	0.38
		OA Short: COMF – 2XCOMF	0.30
		OA Short: COMF – NOISE	0.49
		OA Long: 2XCOMF – COMF	−0.41
		OA Long: 2XCOMF – COMF+10	−0.40
		OA Long: 2XCOMF – NOISE	−0.39
		YA Long: COMF – COMF+10	0.50
Rib Cage Volume Excursion	Condition	COMF – COMF+10	0.31
		COMF – 2XCOMF	0.24
		COMF – NOISE	0.37
	Sentence	Long – Short	0.98
Abdominal Volume Termination	Condition	COMF – 2XCOMF	−0.39
	Sentence	Long – Short	−0.27
Abdominal Volume Excursion	Age Condition by Age	OA -YA	0.63
		OA: COMF – NOISE	0.52
	Sentence	Long – Short	0.66

OA = older adults, YA = younger adults