Olivocochlear efferents allow the central auditory system to adjust the functioning of the
inner ear during active and passive listening. While many aspects of efferent anatomy …

Pitch is one of the primary auditory sensations and plays a defining role in music, speech,
and auditory scene analysis. Although the main physical correlate of pitch is acoustic …

Foundations of Voice Studies provides a comprehensive description and analysis of the
multifaceted role that voice quality plays in human existence. Offers a unique …

This fully updated and revised sixth edition of Hearing: An Introduction to Psychological and
Physiological Acoustics provides a comprehensive introduction for graduate students and …

The brain9s ability to bind incoming auditory and visual stimuli depends critically on the
temporal structure of this information. Specifically, there exists a temporal window of …

Music training may strengthen auditory skills that help children not only in musical
performance but in everyday communication. Comparisons of musicians and non-musicians …

Objective: We investigated a neural basis of speech-in-noise perception in older adults.
Hearing loss, the third most common chronic condition in older adults, is most often …

Although it is largely agreed that phonological processing deficits are a major cause of poor
reading, the neural origins of phonological processing are not well understood. We now …

We investigated training-related improvements in listening in noise and the biological
mechanisms mediating these improvements. Training-related malleability was examined …

The presence of irrelevant auditory information (other talkers, environmental noises)
presents a major challenge to listening to speech. The fundamental frequency (F 0) of the …