Mammalian behavior and physiology converge to confirm sharper cochlear tuning in humans (2018)
Journal Article
Sumner, C. J., Wells, T., Bergevin, C., Sollini, J., Kreft, H., Palmer, A., …Shera, C. (2018). Mammalian behavior and physiology converge to confirm sharper cochlear tuning in humans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115(44), 11322-11326. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1810766115

© 2018 National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Frequency analysis of sound by the cochlea is the most fundamental property of the auditory system. Despite its importance, the resolution of this frequency analysis in humans remains controve... Read More about Mammalian behavior and physiology converge to confirm sharper cochlear tuning in humans.

Cortical correlates of speech intelligibility measured using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) (2018)
Journal Article
Lawrence, R. J., Wiggins, I. M., Anderson, C. A., Davies-Thompson, J., & Hartley, D. E. (2018). Cortical correlates of speech intelligibility measured using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS). Hearing Research, 370, 53-64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heares.2018.09.005

Functional neuroimaging has identified that the temporal, frontal and parietal cortex support core aspects of speech processing. An objective measure of speech intelligibility based on cortical activation in these brain regions would be extremely use... Read More about Cortical correlates of speech intelligibility measured using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS).