Cochlear implants have provided hearing to more than 120,000 deaf people. Recent
surgical developments include direct electrical stimulation of the brain, bilateral implants and …

In recent years, there has been increasing interest in music perception of cochlear implant
(CI) recipients and a growing body of research conducted in this area. The majority of these …

Equipping school and child psychologists, and neuropsychologists with critical information
on the role of working memory in learning and achievement, Working Memory and …

Musicians are often reported to have enhanced neurophysiological functions, especially in
the auditory system. Musical training is thought to improve nervous system function by …

A growing body of research suggests that cognitive functions, such as attention and memory,
drive perception by tuning sensory mechanisms to relevant acoustic features. Long-term …

Although it is largely agreed that phonological processing deficits are a major cause of poor
reading, the neural origins of phonological processing are not well understood. We now …

Developmental dyslexia is characterized by severe reading and spelling difficulties that are
persistent and resistant to the usual didactic measures and remedial efforts. It is well …

We investigated training-related improvements in listening in noise and the biological
mechanisms mediating these improvements. Training-related malleability was examined …

The general magnocellular theory postulates that dyslexia is the consequence of a
multimodal deficit in the processing of transient and dynamic stimuli. In the auditory modality …

The purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy of two auditory processing
interventions for developmental dyslexia, one based on rhythm and one based on phonetic …