청각 소음이 읽기 수행에 미치는 영향

Abstract

Objectives The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of auditory noise on the reading performance of high school students. Methods To this end, 171 high school students were divided into three groups according to auditory noise conditions to perform a reading task asking for word, factual, inferential, and critical comprehension. The effect of auditory noise on reading performance was analyzed through the effect size between groups. Also, the difference in reading performance according to gender and grade was analyzed through the effect size. Results First, the average score of the reading task was the lowest in the group that heard construction noise, and the highest in the group that listened to popular songs, but the effect size between the groups without noise in both groups was small. Second, female students had a greater positive effect on reading task when they listened to popular songs than male students. Third, in the case of 1st and 2nd graders, regardless of the noise source, higher average scores were obtained when performing the reading task in an environment in which auditory noise was heard than when performing it in a quiet environment. On the other hand, in the case of 3rd graders, unpleasant noise had a negative effect on reading task, which was found to have a medium effect size. In addition, the positive influence of popular songs was smaller in the 3rd grade compared to the 1st and 2nd graders. Conclusions It is necessary to investigate the effect of the reader's external environment, such as auditory noise, on reading in more detail, and to explore clues to establish a physical environment in which the reader can fully demonstrate reader's reading ability.