We recapitulate a series of studies of the perceptual role of low levels of background noise in quiet spaces for music listening. These include structured listening exercises in two quiet music rooms – Jordan Hall in Boston and the EMPAC Concert Hall in Troy, NY – wherein background noise levels were electronically manipulated while subjects listened critically to live and recorded music in the...

The human auditory cortex is the gateway to the most powerful and complex communication systems and yet relatively little is known about its functional organization as compared to the visual system. Several lines of evidence, predominantly from recent studies, indicate that sound recognition and sound localization are processed in two at least partially independent networks. Evidence from human...

We evaluated 6- and 7-month-olds' preference and memory for expressive recordings of sung lullabies. In Experiment 1, both age groups preferred lower-pitched to higher-pitched renditions of unfamiliar lullabies. In Experiment 2, infants were tested after 2 weeks of daily exposure to a lullaby at one pitch level. Seven-month-olds listened significantly longer to the lullaby at a novel pitch leve...

The human auditory cortex is the gateway to the most powerful and complex communication systems and yet relatively little is known about its functional organization as compared to the visual system. Several lines of evidence, predominantly from recent studies, indicate that sound recognition and sound localization are processed in two at least partially independent networks. Evidence from human...

since cochlear implants can now be provided for children before the age of 1 year, the development of a family-centered habilitation program is essential for this age group. the present study was done to investigate the effectiveness of navayesh” auditory habilitation program on communication skills of cochlear implantation candidates. 32 mothers along with their 3-12 months deaf infants partic...

Background: Chess is a game that involves many aspects of high level cognition such as memory, attention, focus and problem solving. Long term practice of chess can improve cognition performances and behavioral skills. Auditory memory, as a kind of memory, can be influenced by strengthening processes following long term chess playing like other behavioral skills because of common processing pat...

we compare performance of adaptive schemes which are based on radial-basis functions and kalman filters for fast extraction of auditory evoked potentials. moreover, we propose a new method based on evoked potential modeling in the kalman filter framework, which can improve the accuracy compared to the existing methods. simulation results show that adaptive schemes and the kalman method are not ...

objectives: rehabilitation strategies play a pivotal role in reliving the inappropriate behaviors and improving children's performance during school. concentration and visual and auditory comprehension in children are crucial to effective learning and have drawn interest from researchers and clinicians. vestibular function deficits usually cause high level of alertness and vigilance, and p...

background and aim: human beings receive a variety of sounds in their everyday lives. these sounds are generated by different sources, and are heard simultaneously or with a small time sequence. a characteristic of the auditory system is its ability to analyze complex sounds, and to make decisions about the source of each constituent part of these sounds. the present study intends to assess nor...