Enhanced frequency discrimination in hearing-impaired individuals: A review of perceptual correlates of central neural plasticity induced by cochlear damage

Hearing Research

Volumn 233, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 14-22

  Thai Van, Hung ^a,b,c,d,e   Micheyl, Christophe ^f   Norena, Arnaud ^c,g   Veuillet, Evelyne ^a,b,c,d   Gabriel, Damien ^a,b,c,d   Collet, Lionel ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

^e Institut Federatif des Neurosciences de Lyon   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^g AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Auditory plasticity; Cochlear dead regions; Frequency discrimination; Hearing aids; Hearing loss

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; COCHLEA INJURY; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; HEARING; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; LOUDNESS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SPONTANEOUS OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; TONOTOPY;

AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN; COCHLEA; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SPEECH ACOUSTICS;

EID: 34948865250     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2007.06.003     Document Type: Article

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