Aging is associated with progressive losses in function across multiple systems, including
sensation, cognition, memory, motor control, and affect. The traditional view has been that …

During hearing, acoustic signals travel up the ascending auditory pathway from the cochlea
to auditory cortex; efferent connections provide descending feedback. In human listeners …

This fully updated and revised sixth edition of Hearing: An Introduction to Psychological and
Physiological Acoustics provides a comprehensive introduction for graduate students and …

Normal aging is an inevitable race between increasing knowledge and decreasing cognitive
capacity. Crucial to understanding and promoting successful aging is determining which of …

Language in old age has been an active research area since early experimental
investigations in cognitive aging (eg, Craik & Masani, 1967; Riegel & Riegel, 1964). This is …

Objective: The purpose of the present study was to investigate the value of a new gap
detection procedure called Gaps-In-Noise (GIN) for assessment of temporal resolution in a …

Aging and acoustic trauma may result in partial peripheral deafferentation in the central
auditory pathway of the mammalian brain. In accord with homeostatic plasticity, loss of …

Although there has been keen interest in the association among measures of sensory
function and cognitive function for many years, in general, measures of sensory function …

Recent advances in research and clinical practice concerning aging and auditory
communication have been driven by questions about age-related differences in peripheral …

Measures of monaural temporal processing and binaural sensitivity were obtained from 12
young (mean age= 26.1 years) and 12 elderly (mean age= 70.9 years) adults with clinically …