During hearing, acoustic signals travel up the ascending auditory pathway from the cochlea
to auditory cortex; efferent connections provide descending feedback. In human listeners …

Sound is an invisible but powerful force that is central to everyday life. Studies in the
neurobiology of everyday communication seek to elucidate the neural mechanisms …

Frequency-following responses (FFRs) are neurophonic potentials that provide a window
into the encoding of complex sounds (eg, speech/music), auditory disorders, and …

Musical training confers advantages in speech-sound processing, which could play an
important role in early childhood education. To understand the mechanisms of this effect, we …

Musical training is associated with a myriad of neuroplastic changes in the brain, including
more robust and efficient neural processing of clean and degraded speech signals at …

Brainstem frequency-following responses (FFRs) probe the neural transcription of
speech/music, auditory disorders, and plasticity in subcortical auditory function. Despite …

The frequency-following response (FFR) is an auditory-evoked response recorded at the
scalp that captures the spectrotemporal properties of tonal stimuli. Previous investigations …

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is diverse, manifesting in a wide array of phenotypes.
However, a consistent theme is reduced communicative and social abilities. Auditory …

Plasticity from auditory experience shapes the brain's encoding and perception of sound.
However, whether such long-term plasticity alters the trajectory of short-term plasticity during …

Speech-in-noise (SIN) perception is a complex cognitive skill that affects social, vocational,
and educational activities. Poor SIN ability particularly affects young and elderly populations …