Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation

Extended high frequency hearing influences cortical response amplitudes to speech

This study shows that deficits in extended high-frequency hearing reduce cortical response amplitudes to speech, even in young adults, and highlights the need to include EHF hearing in clinical assessments and hearing aid design.

In silico framework for benchmarking optogenetic hearing restoration

This paper develops an in silico framework to model optogenetic hearing restoration and finds that improved spectral selectivity compensates for lower temporal fidelity in optogenetic stimulation.

Multi-talker speech comprehension at different temporal scales in listeners with normal and impaired hearing

This study examines how hearing-impaired and normal-hearing listeners process speech in multi-talker scenarios, revealing disruptions in neural responses at shorter and longer temporal scales.

Neurophysiological Sensitivity to Envelope and Pulse Timing Interaural Time Differences in Cochlear Implanted Rats with Different Hearing Experiences

Best Cochlear Locations for Delivering Interaural Timing Cues in Electric Hearing

This study identifies optimal cochlear locations for delivering interaural timing cues in bilateral cochlear implants to improve sound localization.

Spatial auditory change detection in listeners with hearing loss

This study investigates how sensorineural hearing loss affects spatial auditory change detection, finding that hearing loss, age, and spatial location influence detection accuracy and speed.

Attention Decoding at the Cocktail Party: Preserved in Hearing Aid Users, Reduced in Cochlear Implant Users

This study compares cortical speech tracking and attentional modulation between hearing aid users, cochlear implant users, and typical hearing individuals in noisy environments.

Predicting spectro-temporal modulation detection thresholds with a functional auditory model

The paper evaluates a computational auditory model's ability to predict spectro-temporal modulation detection thresholds in young and older listeners, finding it captures overall patterns but underestimates individual variability.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Neuroplasticity of speech-in-noise processing in older adults assessed by functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS)

This study uses fNIRS to assess neuroplasticity in speech-in-noise processing in older adults before and after training, finding neural changes preceding behavioral improvements.

Anti-phasic oscillatory development for speech and noise processing in cochlear implanted toddlers

The paper shows that cochlear implanted toddlers' brains develop functionally in response to hearing experiences, with speech and noise processing showing anti-phasic oscillatory development that predicts behavioral improvement.