Matching laboratory and real-world listening environments with ecological momentary assessment improves prediction of speech perception.
- 1Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53704, USA.
Abstract
Laboratory speech-in-noise measures fail to predict real-world listening performance. This study tested whether matching laboratory to real-world environments using self-reported noise sources from ecological momentary assessment (EMA) improves predictions. Speech intelligibility and listening effort were measured in virtual acoustic environments in 51 normal-hearing adults, who then self-rated both via EMA for 1 week. Laboratory intelligibility predicted real-world intelligibility only when laboratory and real-world environments were matched. Effort results were not significant. Findings suggest that environment-specific laboratory testing improves ecological validity of intelligibility measures, though environment matching explained only 1.1% of variance in real-world ratings, with individual differences accounting for substantially more.
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BibTeX
@article{jorgensen2026matching,
title = {{Matching laboratory and real-world listening environments with ecological momentary assessment improves prediction of speech perception.}},
author = {Erik Jorgensen and Megan Werner and Autumn Grove and Afton Noll},
journal = {JASA express letters},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.1121/10.0046844},
url = {https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42867398},
note = {CC BY},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - Matching laboratory and real-world listening environments with ecological momentary assessment improves prediction of speech perception.
AU - Erik Jorgensen
AU - Megan Werner
AU - Autumn Grove
AU - Afton Noll
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/01
JO - JASA express letters
DO - 10.1121/10.0046844
UR - https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42867398
AB - Laboratory speech-in-noise measures fail to predict real-world listening performance. This study tested whether matching laboratory to real-world environments using self-reported noise sources from ecological momentary assessment (EMA) improves predictions. Speech intelligibility and listening effort were measured in virtual acoustic environments in 51 normal-hearing adults, who then self-rated both via EMA for 1 week. Laboratory intelligibility predicted real-world intelligibility only when laboratory and real-world environments were matched. Effort results were not significant. Findings suggest that environment-specific laboratory testing improves ecological validity of intelligibility measures, though environment matching explained only 1.1% of variance in real-world ratings, with individual differences accounting for substantially more.
SN - 2691-1191
ER -