Working memory is important for online language processing during conversation. We use it
to maintain relevant information, to inhibit or ignore irrelevant information, and to attend to …

Objective: Considerable unexplained variability and large individual differences exist in
speech recognition outcomes for postlingually deaf adults who use cochlear implants (CIs) …

Speech intelligibility is currently measured by scoring how well a person can identify a
speech signal. The results of such behavioral measures reflect neural processing of the …

The Sense of Hearing is a truly accessible introduction to auditory perception that is
intended for students approaching the subject for the first time, and as a foundation for more …

Aging results in pervasive declines in nervous system function. In the auditory system, these
declines include neural timing delays in response to fast-changing speech elements; this …

Understanding speech in noise is one of the most complex activities encountered in
everyday life, relying on peripheral hearing, central auditory processing, and cognition …

The human auditory brainstem is thought to undergo rapid developmental changes early in
life until age∼ 2 followed by prolonged stability until aging-related changes emerge …

The auditory system is stunning in its capacity for change: a single neuron can modulate its
tuning in minutes. Here we articulate a conceptual framework to understand the biology of …

The frequency-following response (FFR) is a measure of synchronous sound-evoked neural
activity that reveals the integrity of sound processing in the brain. Studies of the FFR are …

Recent animal studies have shown that the synapses between inner hair cells and the
dendrites of the spiral ganglion cells they innervate are the elements in the cochlea most …