Cognitive neuroscience, in particular research on speech and language, has seen an
increase in the use of linear modeling techniques for studying the processing of natural …

Following a conversation in a crowded restaurant or at a lively party poses immense
perceptual challenges for some individuals with normal hearing thresholds. A number of …

Human listeners are assumed to apply different strategies to improve speech recognition in
background noise. Young listeners with normal hearing (NH), eg, have been shown to follow …

Hyperacusis is a recognized perceptual consequence of acoustic overexposure that can
lead to debilitating psychosocial effects. Despite the profound impact of hyperacusis on …

The integration of visual and auditory cues is crucial for successful processing of speech,
especially under adverse conditions. Recent reports have shown that when participants …

Ageing and challenging signal‐in‐noise conditions are known to engage the use of cortical
resources to help maintain speech understanding. Extensive corticothalamic projections are …

The recall of auditorily presented sequences of digits in reverse order (also known as the
Backward Digit Span, BDS) is considered to reflect a person's information storage and …

The ability to process speech evolves over the course of the lifespan. Understanding speech
at low acoustic intensity and in the presence of background noise becomes harder, and the …

Understanding speech in a noisy environment is crucial in day-to-day interactions and yet
becomes more challenging with age, even for healthy aging. Age-related changes in the …

Auditory processing is affected by advancing age and hearing loss, but the underlying
mechanisms are still unclear. We investigated the effects of age and hearing loss on …