There is a great deal of individual variability in outcome in second language learning, the
sources of which are still poorly understood. We hypothesized that individual differences in …

Precise auditory perception at a subcortical level (neural representation and encoding of
sound) has been suggested as a form of implicit L2 aptitude in naturalistic settings …

In the cognitive psychology literature, auditory processing has been extensively researched
and suggested as a foundation of first language acquisition in childhood. This study tests an …

Older adults often present difficulties understanding speech that cannot be explained by age-
related changes in sound audibility. Psychoacoustic and electrophysiologic studies have …

Purpose Speech is characterized by dynamic acoustic cues that must be encoded by the
auditory periphery, auditory nerve, and brainstem before they can be represented in the …

Adults differ considerably in their perception of both native and nonnative phonemes. For
instance, when presented with continua of native phonemes on two-alternative forced …

Temporal modulations are ubiquitous features of sound signals that are important for
auditory perception. The perception of temporal modulations, or temporal processing, is …

Bimodal hearing, in which a contralateral hearing aid is combined with a cochlear implant
(CI), provides greater speech recognition benefits than using a CI alone. Factors predicting …

In this study, we propose a hypothesis that domain-general auditory processing, a
perceptual–cognitive anchor of first language (L1) acquisition, can serve as an important …

Extending the paradigm in L1 acquisition, scholars have begun to investigate whether
participants' domain-general ability to represent, encode, and integrate spectral and …