Loss of neural synchrony can impair speech-in-noise perception.
Evidence
Finally, it is important to note that a focus on cognitive contributions does not imply that auditory contributions to SiN perception are unimportant. Besides overall hearing sensitivity we also obtained a suprathreshold measure of temporal processing by measuring the sensitivity to change in interaural correlation. This task is assumed to estimate loss of neural synchrony in the auditory system (Wang et al. 2011 ), which in turn has been suggested to affect SiN perception. — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 1236
Categorization
Category: Causal Relationships
- XREF: Connects to the book’s broader theme of temporal processing / neural synchrony deficits in hearing.
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