Neurophysiological studies suggest that intrinsic brain oscillations influence sensory
processing, especially of rhythmic stimuli like speech. Prior work suggests that brain rhythms …

Introduction Real time modulation of brainstem frequency-following responses (FFRs) by
online changes in cortical arousal state via the corticofugal (top-down) pathway has been …

Listening effort (LE) is critical to understanding speech perception in acoustically
challenging environments. Electroencephalograpy (EEG) alpha power has emerged as a …

Objectives Listening effort engages cognitive resources to support speech understanding in
adverse listening conditions, and leads to fatigue over the longer term for people with …

Ongoing brain activity as reflected in EEG recording is characterised by a hierarchical
system of metastable brain rhythms producing an “ever-changing landscape” of neural …

Attending to a target sound increases the number of cortical resources allotted towards
processing the target stimuli, leading to larger response amplitudes for the cortical auditory …

With the continuous development of society, only relying on words can no longer satisfy the
mutual communication between people and countries. In the background of the data era …

This study evaluates the effectiveness of adaptive binaural beamforming in a realistic
cafeteria noise environment. The motivation stems from the common challenge faced by …

Listening effort (LE) is critical to understanding speech perception in acoustically
challenging environments. Electrocochleography (EEG) alpha power has emerged as a …

The ability to understand speech under noisy listening environments varies both between
individuals and within individuals over time. The studies presented in this dissertation …