tACS might bypass a damaged auditory periphery to deliver envelope information
Evidence
Due to the limited spatial specificity of transcranial stimulation, individual tonotopic locations cannot be selectively targeted. Nevertheless, the possibility to transmit sound envelope information non-invasively and bypass (possible deficits in) the auditory pathway up to the cortex might make transcranial stimulation a valuable tool. — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 4768 (
#corroborates, via linked claim)
Categorization
- corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim
- XREF: connects to: Auditory neuropathy severely impairs fine-structure processing while preserving envelope use; tACS phase significantly modulates click detection in normal-hearing listeners; Transcranial stimulation may someday bypass impaired auditory pathways by injecting envelope information — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 4768 (+2 more)
Related
- tACS perceptual benefits so far are modest and often statistically marginal (similarity 0.95)
- Transcranial stimulation may someday bypass impaired auditory pathways by injecting envelope information (similarity 0.93)
- tACS can entrain cortical oscillations while bypassing the peripheral auditory system (similarity 0.86)
- Auditory neuropathy severely impairs fine-structure processing while preserving envelope use (similarity 0.86)
- Electrical brain stimulation may enhance sounds temporally coherent with entrained oscillations (similarity 0.84)
- Phase-locked tACS yields only small, often non-significant perceptual gains (similarity 0.83)
- Perceptual gains from tACS entrainment are small and often statistically weak (similarity 0.82)
- Stimulus-aligned brain oscillations can enhance perceived loudness of auditory input (similarity 0.82)
- Phase-coherent brain stimulation may boost perceived loudness of matched click trains (similarity 0.82)
- A surgically implanted device transmits sound directly to the brainstem to aid lip reading (similarity 0.81)
- tACS phase benefits to hearing are real but statistically modest (similarity 0.80)
- tACS boosts loudness of click trains temporally coherent with entrained oscillations (similarity 0.80)
- Transcranial alternating current phase modulates auditory click detection at the stimulation frequency (similarity 0.79)
- tACS phase significantly modulates click detection in normal-hearing listeners (similarity 0.79)
Broader Connections
- Transcranial stimulation may someday bypass impaired auditory pathways by injecting envelope information
#corroborates(0.95) — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 4768