Musical experience strengthens the neural representation of sounds important for communication in middle-aged adults

Older adults frequently complain that while they can hear a person talking, they cannot understand what is being said; this difficulty is exacerbated by background noise. Peripheral hearing loss cannot fully account for this age-related decline in speech-in-noise ability, as declines in central proc...

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Main Authors: Alexandra eParbery-Clark, Samira eAnderson, Emily eHittner, Nina eKraus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnagi.2012.00030/full