Envelope following responses predict speech-in-noise performance in normal-hearing listeners

• Published in: Journal of neurophysiology Vol. 125; no. 4; pp. 1213 - 1222
• Main Authors: Mepani, Anita M., Verhulst, Sarah, Hancock, Kenneth E., Garrett, Markus, Vasilkov, Viacheslav, Bennett, Kara, de Gruttola, Victor, Liberman, M. Charles, Maison, Stéphane F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Physiological Society 01.04.2021
• Series: Sensory Processing
• Subjects: Acoustic Stimulation; Adolescent; Adult; Age Factors; Aging - physiology; Audiometry; Auditory Threshold - physiology; Cochlea - physiology; Cochlear Nerve - physiology; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Noise; Recognition, Psychology - physiology; Speech Perception - physiology; Young Adult; cochlea; envelope following responses; auditory nerve; cochlear synaptopathy; hearing in noise

Recent studies suggest that millions of people may be at risk of permanent impairment from cochlear synaptopathy, the age-related and noise-induced degeneration of neural connections in the inner ear. This study examines electrophysiological responses to stimuli designed to improve detection of neur...