Cochlea-Implantate sind elektronische Reizprothesen zum funktionellen Ersatz des
Innenohrs. Aufgrund der rasanten technischen Entwicklung und den dadurch erzielten …

The article reviews evidence for sensitive periods in the sensory systems and considers their
neuronal mechanisms from the viewpoint of the system's neuroscience. It reviews the …

Deafness affects∼ 2 in 1000 children and is one of the most common congenital
impairments. Permanent hearing loss can be treated by fitting hearing aids. More severe to …

Objective: To determine audiological and clinical results of cochlear implantation in children
with congenital single sided deafness (SSD), with an emphasis on children implanted before …

Spatial hearing skills are essential for children as they grow, learn and play. These skills
provide critical cues for determining the locations of sources in the environment, and enable …

One of the most striking demonstrations of experience-dependent plasticity comes from
studies of sensory-deprived individuals (eg, blind or deaf), showing that brain regions …

Cortical development extensively depends on sensory experience. Effects of congenital
monaural and binaural deafness on cortical aural dominance and representation of binaural …

Cochlear implants (CIs) give children with severe to profound hearing loss access to sound.
There appears to be a dose effect of sound exposure on speech perception abilities as …

Under normal hearing conditions, comparisons of the sounds reaching each ear are critical
for accurate sound localization. Asymmetric hearing loss should therefore degrade spatial …

The present study investigates the hemispheric contributions of neuronal reorganization
following early single-sided hearing (unilateral deafness). The experiments were performed …