Jason Mikiel‐Hunter

Objective markers of altered neural gain dissociate tinnitus and self-reported listening problems in individuals with exceptional hearing thresholds

The paper identifies neural gain alterations in individuals with exceptional hearing thresholds who report tinnitus or listening problems, linking these to specific auditory reflex and cortical response changes.

Listening to the room: disrupting activity of dorsolateral prefrontal cortex impairs learning of room acoustics in human listeners

This study shows that disrupting dlPFC activity impairs learning of room acoustics, revealing a reverberation 'sweet spot' for speech understanding in noisy environments.

Auditory brainstem models: adapting cochlear nuclei improve spatial encoding by the medial superior olive in reverberation

This paper develops a computational model of the auditory brainstem to show how adaptation in cochlear nuclei improves spatial encoding by the medial superior olive in reverberant environments.

Perceptual gating of a brainstem reflex facilitates speech understanding in human listeners

The paper shows that the MOC reflex enhances speech understanding by gating auditory signals in degraded or noisy environments, with different brain regions engaged depending on the type of speech challenge.