Hearing loss and brain plasticity: the hyperactivity phenomenon
B Herrmann, BE Butler - Brain Structure and Function, 2021 - Springer
Many aging adults experience some form of hearing problems that may arise from auditory
peripheral damage. However, it has been increasingly acknowledged that hearing loss is …
peripheral damage. However, it has been increasingly acknowledged that hearing loss is …
Objective evidence of temporal processing deficits in older adults
S Anderson, H Karawani - Hearing research, 2020 - Elsevier
The older listener's ability to understand speech in challenging environments may be
affected by impaired temporal processing. This review summarizes objective evidence of …
affected by impaired temporal processing. This review summarizes objective evidence of …
Synaptopathy in the aging cochlea: Characterizing early-neural deficits in auditory temporal envelope processing
A Parthasarathy, SG Kujawa - Journal of Neuroscience, 2018 - Soc Neuroscience
Aging listeners, even in the absence of overt hearing loss measured as changes in hearing
thresholds, often experience impairments processing temporally complex sounds such as …
thresholds, often experience impairments processing temporally complex sounds such as …
Effects of sensorineural hearing loss on cortical synchronization to competing speech during selective attention
SA Fuglsang, J Märcher-Rørsted, T Dau… - Journal of …, 2020 - Soc Neuroscience
When selectively attending to a speech stream in multi-talker scenarios, low-frequency
cortical activity is known to synchronize selectively to fluctuations in the attended speech …
cortical activity is known to synchronize selectively to fluctuations in the attended speech …
Bottom-up and top-down neural signatures of disordered multi-talker speech perception in adults with normal hearing
A Parthasarathy, KE Hancock, K Bennett, V DeGruttola… - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
In social settings, speech waveforms from nearby speakers mix together in our ear canals.
Normally, the brain unmixes the attended speech stream from the chorus of background …
Normally, the brain unmixes the attended speech stream from the chorus of background …
Enhancing the sensitivity of the envelope-following response for cochlear synaptopathy screening in humans: The role of stimulus envelope
V Vasilkov, M Garrett, M Mauermann, S Verhulst - Hearing Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Auditory de-afferentation, a permanent reduction in the number of inner-hair-cells and
auditory-nerve synapses due to cochlear damage or synaptopathy, can reliably be …
auditory-nerve synapses due to cochlear damage or synaptopathy, can reliably be …
Age-related changes in neural coding of envelope cues: peripheral declines and central compensation
A Parthasarathy, EL Bartlett, SG Kujawa - Neuroscience, 2019 - Elsevier
Aging listeners often experience difficulties in perceiving temporally complex acoustic cues
in noisy environments. These difficulties likely have neurophysiological contributors from …
in noisy environments. These difficulties likely have neurophysiological contributors from …
Altered neural encoding of vowels in noise does not affect behavioral vowel discrimination in gerbils with age-related hearing loss
AN Heeringa, C Jüchter, R Beutelmann… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Understanding speech in a noisy environment, as opposed to speech in quiet,
becomes increasingly more difficult with increasing age. Using the quiet-aged gerbil, we …
becomes increasingly more difficult with increasing age. Using the quiet-aged gerbil, we …
Suppressing fear in the presence of a safety cue requires infralimbic cortical signaling to central amygdala
K Ng, M Pollock, A Escobedo, B Bachman… - …, 2024 - nature.com
Stressful events can have lasting and impactful effects on behavior, especially by disrupting
normal regulation of fear and reward processing. Accurate discrimination among …
normal regulation of fear and reward processing. Accurate discrimination among …
Neural signatures of temporal regularity processing in sounds differ between younger and older adults
B Herrmann, C Buckland, IS Johnsrude - Neurobiology of Aging, 2019 - Elsevier
Sensitivity to temporal regularity (eg, recurring modulation in amplitude) is crucial for speech
perception. Degradation of the auditory periphery due to aging and hearing loss may lead to …
perception. Degradation of the auditory periphery due to aging and hearing loss may lead to …