Perceptual learning, improvement in discriminative ability as a consequence of training, is
one of the forms of sensory system plasticity that has driven profound changes in our …

Growing evidence suggests a broad relationship between individual differences in auditory
processing ability and the rate and ultimate attainment of language acquisition throughout …

In the cognitive psychology literature, auditory processing has been extensively researched
and suggested as a foundation of first language acquisition in childhood. This study tests an …

Musicians are highly trained to discriminate fine pitch changes but the neural bases of this
ability are poorly understood. It is unclear whether such training-dependent differences in …

In this study, we propose a hypothesis that domain-general auditory processing, a
perceptual anchor of L1 acquisition, can serve as the foundation of successful post-pubertal …

Older adults, even with clinically normal hearing sensitivity, often report difficulty
understanding speech in the presence of background noise. Part of this difficulty may be …

Some of the most prized woods used for the backs and sides of acoustic guitars are
expensive, rare, and from unsustainable sources. It is unclear to what extent back woods …

In profoundly deaf cats, behavioral training with intracochlear electric stimulation (ICES) can
improve temporal processing in the primary auditory cortex (AI). To investigate whether …

Categorizing sounds into meaningful groups helps listeners more efficiently process the
auditory scene and is a foundational skill for speech perception and language development …

Successful mapping of meaningful labels to sound input requires accurate representation of
that sound's acoustic variances in time and spectrum. For some individuals, such as children …