| Perception of speech in noise: neural correlates. | |
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PMID: 20681749 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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The presence of irrelevant auditory information (other talkers, environmental noises) presents a major challenge to listening to speech. The fundamental frequency (F(0)) of the target speaker is thought to provide an important cue for the extraction of the speaker's voice from background noise, but little is known about the relationship between speech-in-noise (SIN) perceptual ability and neural encoding of the F(0). Motivated by recent findings that music and language experience enhance brainstem representation of sound, we examined the hypothesis that brainstem encoding of the F(0) is diminished to a greater degree by background noise in people with poorer perceptual abilities in noise. To this end, we measured speech-evoked auditory brainstem responses to /da/ in quiet and two multitalker babble conditions (two-talker and six-talker) in native English-speaking young adults who ranged in their ability to perceive and recall SIN. Listeners who were poorer performers on a standardized SIN measure demonstrated greater susceptibility to the degradative effects of noise on the neural encoding of the F(0). Particularly diminished was their phase-locked activity to the fundamental frequency in the portion of the syllable known to be most vulnerable to perceptual disruption (i.e., the formant transition period). Our findings suggest that the subcortical representation of the F(0) in noise contributes to the perception of speech in noisy conditions. |
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Authors:
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Judy H Song; Erika Skoe; Karen Banai; Nina Kraus |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Date: 2010-08-03 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of cognitive neuroscience Volume: 23 ISSN: 1530-8898 ISO Abbreviation: J Cogn Neurosci Publication Date: 2011 Sep |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2011-07-07 Completed Date: 2011-11-15 Revised Date: 2012-01-11 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 8910747 Medline TA: J Cogn Neurosci Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 2268-79 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Auditory Neuroscience Laboratory, Northwestern University, 2240 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208, USA. |
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Acoustic Stimulation
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methods Adult Auditory Pathways / physiology Brain Mapping* Brain Stem / physiology* Electroencephalography Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem / physiology* Female Humans Male Music* Noise* Reaction Time / physiology Speech Acoustics Speech Perception / physiology* Young Adult |
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F32 DC008052/DC/NIDCD NIH HHS; R01 DC001510-13/DC/NIDCD NIH HHS; R01 DC01510/DC/NIDCD NIH HHS; T32 NS047987/NS/NINDS NIH HHS |
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