Prefrontal cortex supports speech perception in listeners with cochlear implants.

ABSTRACT: Cochlear implants are neuroprosthetic devices that can restore hearing in people with severe to profound hearing loss by electrically stimulating the auditory nerve. Because of physical limitations on the precision of this stimulation, the acoustic information delivered by a cochlear implant does not convey the same level of acoustic detail as that conveyed by normal hearing. As a result, speech understanding in listeners with cochlear implants is typically poorer and more effortful than in listeners with normal hearing. The brain networks supporting speech understanding in listeners with cochlear implants are not well understood, partly due to difficulties obtaining functional neuroimaging data in this population. In the current study, we assessed the brain regions supporting spoken word

SUBMITTER: Sherafati A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9225001 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature