Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation

Prefrontal cortex supports speech perception in listeners with cochlear implants

This study finds that listeners with cochlear implants show greater left prefrontal cortex activity during speech understanding compared to normal hearing listeners.

Magnetic Stimulation Allows Focal Activation of the Mouse Cochlea

This study shows that magnetic stimulation using micro-coils can produce narrower activation in the cochlea compared to electric stimulation, potentially improving spectral resolution for cochlear implants.

EEG Responses to Auditory Figure-Ground Perception

The paper evaluates EEG measures for auditory figure-ground perception and speech-in-noise processing, finding enhanced responses for figure detection under distraction.

Chronic Cochlear Implantation with and without Electric Stimulation in a Mouse Model Induces Robust Cochlear Influx of CX3CR1+/GFP Macrophages.

This study shows chronic cochlear implantation, not electric stimulation, drives macrophage infiltration and fibrosis in mice, with surgical trauma initiating the immune response.

Children with amblyaudia show less flexibility in auditory cortical entrainment to periodic non-speech sounds

This study examines auditory cortical entrainment in children with amblyaudia, finding reduced flexibility in neural responses to rapid sounds compared to controls.

Hearing loss is associated with delayed neural responses to continuous speech

This study shows that hearing loss is linked to delayed neural responses to continuous speech, with reduced efficiency in processing speech in quiet.

Towards Decoding Selective Attention Through Cochlear Implant Electrodes as Sensors in Subjects with Contralateral Acoustic Hearing

This study explores using cochlear implant electrodes to record EEG for decoding selective attention, showing single-channel EEG is feasible but less accurate than multi-channel.

Reaction time sensitivity to spectrotemporal modulations of sound

This study uses reaction times to measure sensitivity to spectrotemporal sound modulations in normal and impaired hearing conditions, finding similar patterns to traditional modulation-depth threshold measures.

Neural activity during story listening is synchronized across individuals despite acoustic masking

The paper investigates neural engagement during story listening under acoustic masking and finds that inter-subject correlation remains stable despite reduced speech intelligibility.

Reducing interaural tonotopic mismatch preserves binaural unmasking in cochlear implant simulations of single-sided deafness

This study shows that aligning frequency information in cochlear implants with the normal hearing ear improves binaural unmasking in single-sided deafness simulations.

Neurofeedback Training of Auditory Selective Attention Enhances Speech-in-noise Perception

Neurofeedback training of auditory selective attention improves speech-in-noise perception by enhancing cortical responses to target speech.

Interacting effects of frontal lobe neuroanatomy and working memory capacity to older listeners' speech recognition in noise

This study examines how frontal lobe neuroanatomy and working memory capacity interact to affect older adults' speech recognition in noise.

Amplified cortical tracking of word-level features of continuous competing speech in older adults

This study examines age-related differences in cortical tracking of word-level speech features during competing speech and links these to speech-in-noise perception difficulties in older adults.

Selective Attention Modulates Neural Envelope Tracking of Informationally Masked Speech in Healthy Older Adults

This study examines how selective attention affects neural envelope tracking of speech in noisy environments in older adults, finding that attention modulates later TRF peaks and relates to comprehension accuracy.

Chronic Bilateral Cochlear Implant Stimulation in Early-Deaf Rabbits Restores Neural Binaural Sensitivity

This study shows that chronic bilateral cochlear implant stimulation in early-deaf rabbits can restore neural binaural sensitivity to interaural time differences.

EEG-based diagnostics of the auditory system using cochlear implant electrodes as sensors

This paper demonstrates the recording of continuous EEG signals from cochlear implant electrodes to enable objective audiometry and neuro-steered hearing prostheses.

Disentangling listening effort and memory load beyond behavioural evidence

This study investigates how listening effort and memory load affect pupillary responses in sustained listening tasks with varying signal-to-noise ratios.

Microsecond Interaural Time Difference Discrimination Restored by Cochlear Implants After Neonatal Deafness

This study shows that neonatally deaf rats with cochlear implants can achieve normal interaural time difference discrimination thresholds when provided with synchronized stimulation, suggesting potential improvements in human CI technology or training.

Unilateral acoustic degradation delays attentional separation of competing speech

This study shows that unilateral acoustic degradation delays neural attentional separation of competing speech, affecting speech processing in listeners with cochlear implants.

Mechanisms of spectrotemporal modulation detection for normal- and hearing-impaired listeners

This study investigates how normal-hearing and hearing-impaired listeners detect spectrotemporal modulations using a psychophysical reverse-correlation framework and finds comparable non-linear processing strategies with differences in temporal modulation tuning.

Reduced Suprathreshold Auditory Nerve Responses are Associated with Thinner Temporal Cortex and Slower Processing Speed in Presbycusis

Auditory evoked potential (P300) in cochlear implant users: a scoping review.

This review identifies evidence on P300 auditory evoked potentials in cochlear implant users, finding higher latency and lower amplitude with speech stimulation.

Hearing impairment is associated with enhanced neural tracking of the speech envelope

This study finds that hearing impaired adults show enhanced neural tracking of speech envelopes compared to normal-hearing adults, suggesting improved speech segregation in noisy environments.

Listening difficulties in children: Behavior and brain activation produced by dichotic listening of CV syllables

This study examines listening difficulties in children using dichotic listening tests and fMRI, finding that children with LiD are more influenced by acoustic cues than attention.

A Front-Back Confusion Metric in Horizontal Sound Localization: The FBC Score

The paper introduces the FBC Score to address limitations in front-back confusion metrics in horizontal sound localization, showing it better captures FBCs with greater deviation from the cone of confusion.

Neural signatures of disordered multi-talker speech perception in adults with normal hearing

The paper identifies neural signatures of poor multi-talker speech perception in adults with normal hearing, linking it to phase locking to frequency modulation cues and cognitive listening effort.

Relationship between neural phase-locked responses to speech and perception of speech in noise in young and older adults

The paper examines how age-related changes in neural phase-locked responses to speech affect speech perception in noise, finding age-related declines in subcortical responses and increases in cortical phase-locking.

‘Normal’ hearing thresholds and fundamental auditory grouping processes predict difficulties with speech-in-noise perception

Minimal and mild hearing loss in children: Association with auditory perception, cognition, and communication problems

This study examines how minimal and mild hearing loss in children affects auditory perception, cognition, and communication, finding significant impairments in speech perception and cognitive tasks.

Broad binaural fusion impairs segregation of speech based on voice pitch differences in a cocktail party environment