The brain displays a remarkable capacity for both widespread and region-specific
modifications in response to environmental challenges, with adaptive processes bringing …

Manipulations that enhance neuroplasticity may inadvertently create opportunities for
maladaptation. We have previously used passive exposures to non-traumatic white noise to …

Hearing loss—ranging from mild to severe—afflicts large numbers of individuals of all ages.
It is estimated that 40–50% of adults over the age of 65 years have some degree of …

Evidence from human and animal studies reveals that the adult auditory system exhibits a
remarkable degree of plasticity. Such plasticity is demonstrated using a wide range of …

The goal of this chapter is to provide a guide for understanding experience-dependent
neuronal plasticity in the auditory cortex and its relation to behavior.(Unless otherwise …

Neurons in sensory cortex exhibit a remarkable capacity to maintain stable firing rates
despite large fluctuations in afferent activity levels. However, sudden peripheral …

Sensory input has profound effects on neuronal organization and sensory maps in the brain.
The mechanisms regulating plasticity of the auditory pathway have been revealed by …

Converging lines of evidence suggest that auditory system short-term plasticity can enable
several perceptual and cognitive functions that have been previously considered as …

The early stages of the auditory system need to preserve the timing information of sounds in
order to extract the basic features of acoustic stimuli. At the same time, different processes of …

Although the auditory system has limited information processing resources, the acoustic
environment is infinitely variable. To properly encode the natural environment, the …