Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation

Degraded neural coding of temporal fine structure with age predicts effortful listening in multi-talker environments

The paper shows that reduced neural encoding of temporal fine structure in middle age predicts increased listening effort in noisy environments despite normal hearing.

Interactions of Interaural Time and Level Differences in Spatial Hearing with Cochlear Implants

This study investigates how neonatally deafened rats with cochlear implants (CIs) use interaural time (ITD) and level differences (ILDs) for sound localization, finding that ITDs are heavily weighted in their processing.

Age-related auditory nerve deficits propagate central gain throughout the auditory system: Associations with cortical microstructure and speech recognition

This study examines how age-related auditory nerve deficits lead to central gain and structural changes in the auditory cortex, affecting speech recognition in noise.

Cortical neuroprostheses improve auditory coding and perception compared to cochlear implants

This study shows that cortical neuroprostheses in mice outperform cochlear implants in auditory tasks, generating sound-like percepts through structured neural activity.

Eye movements of younger and older adults decrease during story listening in background noise

This study shows that eye movements decrease with increasing speech masking during continuous story listening in both younger and older adults, suggesting they can assess listening effort.

Auditory-cognitive determinants of speech-in-noise perception: structural equation modelling of a large sample

The paper uses structural equation modelling to show age and central auditory processing are key determinants of speech-in-noise perception, with PTA and non-verbal reasoning influencing SIN through CAP.

The Speech Reception Threshold Can be Estimated Using EEG Electrodes In and Around the Ear

This study estimates speech reception threshold using ear-EEG and finds it is reliable when combining in-ear and around-the-ear electrodes.

Neural Alpha Oscillations and Auditory Steady State Responses During Adaptation to a Cochlear Implant

This study examines how neural oscillations and auditory responses adapt to cochlear implants over time, finding increased phase-locking to certain frequencies and attentional biases toward the implanted ear.

Distinct cortical encoding of acoustic and electrical cochlear stimulation

The paper investigates how cortical neurons represent acoustic and electrical cochlear implant stimulation in deafened rats, finding distinct spatio-temporal response profiles.

A deep learning framework for understanding cochlear implants

This paper develops a deep learning framework to evaluate cochlear implant performance by simulating auditory nerve input and testing speech recognition and sound localization.

Hearing restoration by a low-weight power-efficient multichannel optogenetic cochlear implant system

This paper develops a low-weight, wireless optogenetic cochlear implant system for hearing restoration in deafened rats, demonstrating its ability to enable locomotion tasks in response to acoustic stimulation.

Neural and Behavioral Changes in Older Adults from Auditory-Cognitive Training

This study investigates if auditory-cognitive training improves speech perception in noise for older adults using neural and behavioral measures.

Speech in noise performance in adults with cochlear implants using a combined channel deactivation strategy with a variable number of dynamic focused channels

This study evaluates a combined channel deactivation and focused stimulation strategy for cochlear implants, finding individual improvements in speech perception for some users but no overall group benefit.

It takes experience to tango: Experienced cochlear implantusers show cortical evoked potentials to naturalistic music

The paper measures cortical evoked potentials to naturalistic music in cochlear implant users, finding that experience correlates with P2 amplitude and perceived musical quality.

Arousal state fluctuations are a source of internal noise underlying age-related declines in speech intelligibility

This study shows that age-related changes in central arousal states, measured via pre-stimulus pupil size, explain moment-to-moment fluctuations in speech intelligibility in older adults.

Individual Differences in Cognition and Perception Predict Neural Processing of Speech in Noise for Audiometrically Normal Listeners.

The paper investigates how individual cognitive and perceptual differences predict neural speech processing in noise using EEG and cognitive tasks.

The relationship between auditory brainstem responses, cognitive ability, and speech-in-noise perception among young adults with normal hearing thresholds

This study investigates how auditory neural processing and cognitive abilities predict speech-in-noise perception in young adults with normal hearing, finding that inhibitory control, not auditory metrics or working memory, is the key predictor.

Predicting speech-in-noise ability with static and dynamic auditory figure-ground analysis using structural equation modelling

This study shows that dynamic auditory figure-ground analysis better predicts speech-in-noise ability than static analysis, with combined measures outperforming age and hearing sensitivity.

Investigating the effects of age and hearing loss on speech intelligibility and amplitude modulation frequency selectivity

This study examines how age and hearing loss affect speech intelligibility and amplitude modulation frequency selectivity, finding that AM tuning contributes to SRT variance in specific masking conditions.

A level adjusted cochlear frequency-to-place map for estimating tonotopic frequency mismatch with a cochlear implant

This paper introduces a level-adjusted cochlear frequency-to-place map to correct for tonotopic frequency mismatch in cochlear implants, showing reduced anatomical mismatch with the new model.

Magnified interaural level differences enhance spatial release from masking in bilateral cochlear implant users

This study shows that magnifying interaural level differences (ILD) improves speech intelligibility in bilateral cochlear implant users in symmetrical-masker conditions.

Effects of Age and Cognitive Functions on the Neural Tracking of Speech in Noise

This study investigates how age and cognitive functions affect neural tracking of speech in noise, finding that older adults show stronger theta-band tracking and links between cognitive decline and speech perception.

Interaural level difference sensitivity in neonatally deafened rats fitted with bilateral cochlear implants

This study shows neonatally deafened rats with bilateral cochlear implants exhibit high sensitivity to interaural level differences (ILDs) across a range of pulse rates, validating rats as a model for binaural auditory prostheses research.

Hearing and cognitive decline in aging differentially impact neural tracking of context-supported versus random speech across linguistic timescales

This study examines how cognitive decline and hearing loss affect neural speech processing, showing differential impacts on speech tracking at various linguistic timescales and the role of contextual cues.

Impact of Reduced Spectral Resolution on Temporal-Coherence-Based Source Segregation

The paper investigates how reduced spectral resolution affects temporal-coherence-based source segregation and speech intelligibility in hearing-impaired listeners using cochlear implants.

British Version of the Iowa Test of Consonant Perception

The paper develops a UK version of the Iowa Test of Consonant Perception (B-ITCP) and validates its reliability and validity for speech-in-noise testing.

Speech-in-noise perception across the lifespan: A comparative study in Mongolian gerbils and humans

This study compares speech-in-noise perception in young and aged Mongolian gerbils and humans to assess gerbils as a model for age-related speech perception decline.

Spatial selective auditory attention is preserved in older age but is degraded by peripheral hearing loss

This study shows older adults without hearing loss can direct spatial selective attention as well as younger adults, but this ability declines with age-related hearing loss.

Prosocial reward relates to performance in difficult speech-on-speech listening conditions

This study examines how prosociality and social reward affect speech perception in noise, finding that prosocial individuals perform better in complex listening conditions and older adults report higher listening effort.

Increased listening effort and decreased speech discrimination at high presentation sound levels in acoustic hearing listeners and cochlear implant users

This study investigates rollover effects on speech understanding and listening effort across different age groups and hearing conditions, finding age and hearing loss exacerbate rollover effects in acoustic listeners but not in cochlear implant users.