ArticlePloS one2021
Cortical alpha oscillations in cochlear implant users reflect subjective listening effort during speech-in-noise perception.
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- Listening effort measurement by pupillometry under dual-task paradigms: the effect of auditory spectral resolution.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026Article
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- Parietal Alpha-Band Connectivity Tracks Listening Effort in Hearing-Aid Users Under Competing Speech and Noise.The European journal of neuroscience · 2026Article
- Cortical oscillations predict auditory grouping in listeners with various hearing configurations.NeuroImage · 2025Article
- Cortical oscillations predict auditory grouping in listeners with and without hearing loss.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025Article
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- Effects of age on the neural correlates of auditory working memory in cochlear implant users.PloS one · 2025Article
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- Listening effort and stress in tinnitus: a multidimensional approach.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2025Article
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- Neurophysiology of Effortful Listening: Decoupling Motivational Modulation from Task Demands.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2024Article
- Can Music Enhance Working Memory and Speech in Noise Perception in Cochlear Implant Users? Design Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Behavioral and Electrophysiological Study.Audiology research · 2024Article
- Evaluating aperiodic and periodic neural activity as markers of listening effort in speech perception.Auditory perception & cognition · 2024Article
- Neural α Oscillations and Pupil Size Differentially Index Cognitive Demand under Competing Audiovisual Task Conditions.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2023Article
- Combining Multiple Psychophysiological Measures of Listening Effort: Challenges and Recommendations.Seminars in hearing · 2023Review
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Abstract
Listening to speech in noise is effortful for individuals with hearing loss, even if they have received a hearing prosthesis such as a hearing aid or cochlear implant (CI). At present, little is known about the neural functions that support listening effort. One form of neural activity that has been suggested to reflect listening effort is the power of 8-12 Hz (alpha) oscillations measured by electroencephalography (EEG). Alpha power in two cortical regions has been associated with effortful listening-left inferior frontal gyrus (IFG), and parietal cortex-but these relationships have not been examined in the same listeners. Further, there are few studies available investigating neural correlates of effort in the individuals with cochlear implants. Here we tested 16 CI users in a novel effort-focused speech-in-noise listening paradigm, and confirm a relationship between alpha power and self-reported effort ratings in parietal regions, but not left IFG. The parietal relationship was not linear but quadratic, with alpha power comparatively lower when effort ratings were at the top and bottom of the effort scale, and higher when effort ratings were in the middle of the scale. Results are discussed in terms of cognitive systems that are engaged in difficult listening situations, and the implication for clinical translation.
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