Auditory training improves neural timing in the human brainstem

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 95-103

  Russo, Nicole M ^a   Nicol, Trent G ^a   Zecker, Steven G ^a   Hayes, Erin A ^a   Kraus, Nina ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory brainstem response; Auditory training; Frequency following response; Neural timing; Plasticity; Reading disability; Speech

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; COGNITION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DYSLEXIA; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING DISORDER; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NOISE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOUND; SPEECH; TRAINING;

ATTENTION; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; AWARENESS; BRAIN STEM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; DYSLEXIA; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PHONETICS; REACTION TIME; REMEDIAL TEACHING; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 4944231455     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2004.05.012     Document Type: Article

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