Age-related decline in neural phase-locking to envelope and temporal fine structure revealed by frequency following responses: A potential signature of cochlear synaptopathy impairing speech intelligibility
Emmanuel Ponsot, Pauline Devolder, Ingeborg J. M. Dhooge, Sarah Verhulst
This study shows that age-related declines in neural phase-locking to both envelope and temporal fine structure, measured via FFRs, are linked to cochlear synaptopathy but not speech intelligibility.