How aging impacts the encoding of binaural cues and the perception of auditory space.

ABSTRACT: Over the years, the effect of aging on auditory function has been investigated in animal models and humans in an effort to characterize age-related changes in both perception and physiology. Here, we review how aging may impact neural encoding and processing of binaural and spatial cues in human listeners with a focus on recent work by the authors as well as others. Age-related declines in monaural temporal processing, as estimated from measures of gap detection and temporal fine structure discrimination, have been associated with poorer performance on binaural tasks that require precise temporal processing. In lateralization and localization tasks, as well as in the detection of signals in noise, marked age-related changes have been demonstrated in both behavioral and electrophysiological

SUBMITTER: Eddins AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6196106 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature