Auditory Stream Segregation Can Be Modeled by Neural Competition in Cochlear Implant Listeners.

ABSTRACT: Auditory stream segregation is a perceptual process by which the human auditory system groups sounds from different sources into perceptually meaningful elements (e.g., a voice or a melody). The perceptual segregation of sounds is important, for example, for the understanding of speech in noisy scenarios, a particularly challenging task for listeners with a cochlear implant (CI). It has been suggested that some aspects of stream segregation may be explained by relatively basic neural mechanisms at a cortical level. During the past decades, a variety of models have been proposed to account for the data from stream segregation experiments in normal-hearing (NH) listeners. However, little attention has been given to corresponding findings in CI listeners. The present study investigated whethe

SUBMITTER: Paredes-Gallardo A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6616076 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature