The frontotemporal organization of the arcuate fasciculus and its relationship with speech perception in young and older amateur singers and non-singers.

ABSTRACT: The ability to perceive speech in noise (SPiN) declines with age. Although the etiology of SPiN decline is not well understood, accumulating evidence suggests a role for the dorsal speech stream. While age-related decline within the dorsal speech stream would negatively affect SPiN performance, experience-induced neuroplastic changes within the dorsal speech stream could positively affect SPiN performance. Here, we investigated the relationship between SPiN performance and the structure of the arcuate fasciculus (AF), which forms the white matter scaffolding of the dorsal speech stream, in aging singers and non-singers. Forty-three non-singers and 41 singers aged 20 to 87 years old completed a hearing evaluation and a magnetic resonance imaging session that included High Angular Resolution

SUBMITTER: Perron M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8193549 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature