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Electrophysiological and Behavioral Evidence of Reduced Binaural Temporal Processing in the Aging and Hearing Impaired Human Auditory System.
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- Neural hyperactivity and altered envelope encoding in the central auditory system: Changes with advanced age and hearing loss.Hearing research · 2024Review
- Rate dependent neural responses of interaural-time-difference cues in fine-structure and envelope.PeerJ · 2024Article
- Interaural frequency mismatch jointly modulates neural brainstem binaural interaction and behavioral interaural time difference sensitivity in humans.Hearing research · 2023Article
- A review of auditory processing and cognitive change during normal ageing, and the implications for setting hearing aids for older adults.Frontiers in neurology · 2023Review
- Coupling of sensorimotor and cognitive functions in middle- and late adulthood.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022Article
- Comparison of two cortical measures of binaural hearing acuity.International journal of audiology · 2021Article
- Selective auditory attention modulates cortical responses to sound location change in younger and older adults.Journal of neurophysiology · 2021Article
- Peripheral deficits and phase-locking declines in aging adults.Hearing research · 2021Article
- Impaired Binaural Hearing in Adults: A Selected Review of the Literature.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2021Review
- Age-Related Deficits in Electrophysiological and Behavioral Measures of Binaural Temporal Processing.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2020Article
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- Differences in Auditory Perception Between Young and Older Adults When Controlling for Differences in Hearing Loss and Cognition.Trends in hearingArticle
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Abstract
A person's ability to process temporal fine structure information is indispensable for speech understanding. As speech understanding typically deteriorates throughout adult life, this study aimed to disentangle age and hearing impairment (HI)-related changes in binaural temporal processing. This was achieved by examining neural and behavioral processing of interaural phase differences (IPDs). Neural IPD processing was studied electrophysiologically through steady-state activity in the electroencephalogram evoked by periodic changes in IPDs over time, embedded in the temporal fine structure of acoustic stimulation. In addition, behavioral IPD discrimination thresholds were determined for the same stimuli. To disentangle potential effects of age from those of HI, both measures were applied to six participant groups: young, middle-aged, and older persons, with either normal hearing or sensorineural HI. All participants passed a cognitive screening, and stimulus audibility was controlled for in participants with HI. The results demonstrated that HI changes neural processing of binaural temporal information for all age-groups included in this study. These outcomes were revealed, superimposed on age-related changes that emerge between young adulthood and middle age. Poorer neural outcomes were also associated with poorer behavioral performance, even though the behavioral IPD discrimination thresholds were affected by age rather than by HI. The neural outcomes of this study are the first to evidence and disentangle the dual load of age and HI on binaural temporal processing. These results could be a valuable first step toward future research on rehabilitation.
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