A growing body of research shows that the universal capacity for music perception and
production emerges early in development. Possibly building on this predisposition …

Sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) in children occurs in 1 to 3% of live births and acquired
hearing loss can additionally occur. This sensory deficit has far reaching consequences that …

Abstract Language comprehension is a complex process involving an extensive brain
network. Brain regions responsible for prosodic processing have been studied in adults; …

Right hemispheric dominance in tonal bilingualism is still controversial. In this study, we
investigated hemispheric dominance in 30 simultaneous Bai‐Mandarin tonal bilinguals and …

Bilateral cochlear implants (BiCIs) result in several benefits, including improvements in
speech understanding in noise and sound source localization. However, the benefit bilateral …

Introduction: Evidence supporting the use of music interventions to maximize arousal and
awareness in adults presenting with a disorder of consciousness continues to grow …

Social motivation, the human desire to engage with others, is likely to underlie higher levels
of social cognition and the formation of interpersonal relationships. Yet, this topic has been …

Sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) is the most common congenital sensory impairment,
occurring in 3 of every 1000 live births. 1 The prevalence of vestibular dysfunction (VD) in …

Neural processing of the speech envelope is of crucial importance for speech perception
and comprehension. This envelope processing is often investigated by measuring neural …

Unilateral auditory deprivation (UAD) results in cross-modal reorganization of the auditory
cortex (AC), which can impair auditory and cognitive functions and diminish the recovery …