Musical training has recently gained additional interest in education as increasing
neuroscientific research demonstrates its positive effects on brain development …

Age-related hearing loss (ARHL), presbycusis, is a chronic health condition that affects
approximately one-third of the world's population. The peripheral and central hearing …

A growing number of research publications have illustrated the remarkable ability of the
brain to reorganize itself in response to various sensory experiences. A traditional view of …

The auditory frequency-following response (FFR) to complex periodic sounds is used to
study the subcortical auditory system, and has been proposed as a biomarker for disorders …

Adaptation is an essential feature of auditory neurons, which reduces their responses to
unchanging and recurring sounds and allows their response properties to be matched to the …

It is often claimed that music training improves auditory and linguistic skills. Results of
individual studies are mixed, however, and most evidence is correlational, precluding …

Training programs aimed to alleviate or improve auditory-cognitive abilities have either
experienced mixed success or remain to be fully validated. The limited benefits of such …

Aging results in pervasive declines in nervous system function. In the auditory system, these
declines include neural timing delays in response to fast-changing speech elements; this …

Musicianship in early life is associated with pervasive changes in brain function and
enhanced speech-language skills. Whether these neuroplastic benefits extend to older …

Musicianship can mitigate age-related declines in audiovisual speech-in-noise perception.
We tested whether this benefit originates from functional preservation or functional …