Speech-evoked auditory event-related potentials (ERPs) provide insight into the neural
mechanisms underlying speech processing. For this reason, ERPs are of great value to …

Seniors often have more difficulty understanding speech than younger adults, particularly in
noisy environments. While loss in peripheral hearing sensitivity explains many of the …

Older adults frequently report they can hear what is said but cannot understand the
meaning, especially in noise. This difficulty may arise from the inability to process rapidly …

Language in old age has been an active research area since early experimental
investigations in cognitive aging (eg, Craik & Masani, 1967; Riegel & Riegel, 1964). This is …

Neural slowing is commonly noted in older adults, with consequences for sensory, motor,
and cognitive domains. One of the deleterious effects of neural slowing is impairment of …

Objective: To examine the effects of aging and age-related hearing loss on the perception
and neural representation of a time-varying speech cue. Methods: P1, N1 and P2 cortical …

Understanding speech in noise is one of the most complex activities encountered in
everyday life, relying on peripheral hearing, central auditory processing, and cognition …

Objective: We investigated a neural basis of speech-in-noise perception in older adults.
Hearing loss, the third most common chronic condition in older adults, is most often …

Aging is associated with declines in auditory processing including speech comprehension
abilities. Here, we evaluated both brainstem and cortical speech-evoked brain responses to …

Objective: To evaluate the response of the human auditory cortex to the temporal amplitude-
envelope of speech. Responses to the speech envelope could be useful for validating the …