Context-dependent encoding in the auditory brainstem subserves enhanced speech-in-noise perception in musicians

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3338-3345

  Parbery Clark, A ^a   Strait, D L ^a   Kraus, N ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory; Brainstem; Musical training; Speech in noise

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MUSICIAN; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; PITCH; SPEECH IN NOISE PERCEPTION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SUBCORTEX; TRAINING;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; BRAIN STEM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSIC; NOISE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REACTION TIME; SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053591331     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.08.007     Document Type: Article

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