Speech processing in the human brain is grounded in non-specific auditory processing in
the general mammalian brain, but relies on human-specific adaptations for processing …

Hearing loss affects approximately 18% of the population worldwide. Hearing difficulties in
noisy environments without accompanying audiometric threshold shifts likely affect an even …

Selective attention to one of several competing speakers is required for comprehending a
target speaker among other voices and for successful communication with them. It moreover …

Perceiving speech-in-noise (SIN) demands precise neural coding between brainstem and
cortical levels of the hearing system. Attentional processes can then select and prioritize task …

Speech processing is built upon encoding by the auditory nerve and brainstem, yet we know
very little about how these processes unfold in specific subcortical structures. These …

Musicians can have better abilities to understand speech in adverse conditions such as
background noise than non-musicians. However, the neural mechanisms behind such …

The middle ear muscle reflex (MEMR) in humans is a bilateral contraction of the middle ear
stapedial muscle in response to moderate-to-high intensity acoustic stimuli. Clinically …

The efferent auditory nervous system may be a potent force in shaping how the brain
responds to behaviorally significant sounds. Previous human experiments using the …

Spoken language comprehension requires rapid and continuous integration of information,
from lower-level acoustic to higher-level linguistic features. Much of this processing occurs in …

Scalp-recorded frequency-following responses (FFRs) reflect a mixture of phase-locked
activity across the auditory pathway. FFRs have been widely used as a neural barometer of …