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ReviewLaryngoscope investigative otolaryngology2018

Human central auditory plasticity: A review of functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) to measure cochlear implant performance and tinnitus perception.

Gregory J Basura, Xiao-Su Hu, Juan San Juan, Anne-Michelle Tessier, Ioulia Kovelman

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Review in Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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5 authors.

Gregory J BasuraCenter for Human Growth and Development University of Michigan Ann Arbor Michigan U.S.A.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5574-7385
Xiao-Su HuCenter for Human Growth and Development University of Michigan Ann Arbor Michigan U.S.A.
Juan San JuanDepartment of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Kresge Hearing Research Institute University of Michigan Ann Arbor Michigan U.S.A.
Anne-Michelle TessierCenter for Human Growth and Development University of Michigan Ann Arbor Michigan U.S.A.
Ioulia KovelmanCenter for Human Growth and Development University of Michigan Ann Arbor Michigan U.S.A.

Funding

Impact of heritage language on bilingual children's path to English literacy (Diversity Supplement R01 HD092498)R01HD092498 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI KOVELMAN, IOULIA · 2018 to 2023
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveFunctional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) is an emerging noninvasive technology used to study cerebral cortex activity. Being virtually silent and compatible with cochlear implants has helped establish fNIRS as an important tool when investigating auditory cortex as well as cortices involved with hearing and language processing in adults and during child development. With respect to this review article, more recently, fNIRS has also been used to investigate central auditory plasticity following hearing loss and tinnitus or phantom sound perception.

methodsHere, we review the currently available literature reporting the use of fNIRS in human studies with cochlear implants and tinnitus to measure human central auditory cortical circuits. We also provide the reader with detailed reviews of the technology and traditional recording paradigms/methods used in these auditory-based studies.

resultsThe purpose of this review article is to summarize theoretical advancements in our understanding of the neurocognitive mechanisms underlying auditory processes and their plasticity through fNIRS research of human auditory performance with cochlear implantation and plasticity that may contribute to the central percepts of tinnitus.

conclusionfNIRS is an emerging noninvasive brain imaging technology that has wide reaching application that can be applied to human studies involving cochlear implants and tinnitus. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: N/A.

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Auditory cortexcochlear implantsfunctional near‐infrared spectroscopytinnitus

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PMID30599031
PMCPMC6302720

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