Some people struggle to understand in a large group of people speaking at once. This phenomenon is known as the “cocktail party effect.”
New research shows that for certain individuals with hearing loss, the problem could be the brain having difficulty processing sounds. This differs from the natural inability to discern vocal sounds from other surrounding noise.
Cocktail Party Effect
The Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology recently published research on the Cocktail Party Effect. The scientists, from the Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) and the Portland Health Care System, found that people with hearing loss experience the Cocktail Party Effect differently than people with normal hearing.
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