Analysing complex auditory scenes depends in part on learning the long-term statistical
structure of sounds comprising those scenes. One way in which the listening brain achieves …

Background: It is assumed that speech comprehension deficits in background noise are
caused by age-related or acquired hearing loss. Methods: We examined young, middle …

During the writing of this article, Armin Kohlrausch unexpectedly passed away. He provided
the main inspiration for conducting this study, following discussions about a recent study by …

Perceptual metrics are traditionally used to evaluate the quality of natural signals, such as
images and audio. They are designed to mimic the perceptual behaviour of human …

Homeostatic plasticity, the ability of neurons to maintain their averaged activity constant
around a set point value, is thought to account for the central hyperactivity after hearing loss …

Adaptation is the attenuation of a neuronal response when a stimulus is repeatedly
presented. The phenomenon has been linked to sensory memory, but its exact neuronal …

Animals receive a constant stream of sensory input, and detecting changes in this sensory
landscape is critical to their survival. One signature of change detection in humans is the …

Adaptation is a universal aspect of neural systems that changes circuit computations to
match prevailing inputs. These changes facilitate efficient encoding of sensory inputs while …

Information processing in the auditory system shows considerable adaptive plasticity across
different timescales. This ranges from very rapid changes in neuronal response properties …

Understanding speech in noisy settings is harder for hearing-impaired (HI) than for normal-
hearing (NH) people, even when speech is audible. This is often attributed to the hearing …