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Vishakha W. Rawool, PhD Professor and Director of Graduate Study in Audiology West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA Email: [email protected]     The auditory system is capable of processing auditory stimuli without active attention as summarized in Rawool (2016a). This article is designed to review a few findings related to auditory processing without active attention and discuss how such

Mridula Sharma 1,2 Associate Professor  1Department of Linguistics, Australian Hearing Hub, 16 University Avenue, Macquarie University New South Wales 2109, Australia 2The HEARing CRC, 550 Swanston Street, Audiology, Hearing and Speech Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia       Communication in quiet is a rare occurrence. Noise is ubiquitous, causing interference in classroom, restaurants, malls, and other

Steve Bornstein, Ph.D., C.C.C./Audiology Associate Professor University of New Hampshire Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders     Abstract Children with Central Auditory Nervous System (CANS) Dysfunction have been observed to potentially have several deficits, such as difficulty with temporal tasks, degraded speech, time-compressed speech, and auditory pattern recognition. However, perhaps the greatest overall deficit is the ability to perceive

Steve Bornstein, Ph.D., C.C.C./Audiology Associate Professor University of New Hampshire Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders   Abstract   Children with Central Auditory Nervous System (CANS) Dysfunction have been observed to potentially have several deficits, such as difficulty with temporal tasks, degraded speech, time-compressed speech, and auditory pattern recognition. However, perhaps the greatest overall deficit is the ability to perceive

Frank E. Musiek, Ph.D. University of Arizona   Auditory loudness recruitment at one time was a popular phrase among audiologists. In fact, in some of the early books devoted to clinical audiology, chapters about measuring recruitment, were often a focus (see Katz, 1972). In modern-day audiology, however, recruitment is a seldom used word. I would venture a guess that most

Brian O ‘Hara, M.D. Developmental Behavioral Pediatrician in Honolulu Hawaii   Background Listening skills are critically important for young students since a majority of classroom time is spent “learning by listening.”  Weak listening skills are not uncommon and relate to both audiological (hearing acuity, auditory processing) and non-audiological factors (attention control, cognitive –language abilities).  It is thus important to have

Spencer B. Smith Au.D./Ph.D. student at the University of Arizona   *Please note: This article is Part II of a two-part series. Please refer to last month’s featured article to review Part I.   Introduction: Part I of this series briefly reviewed the anatomy and physiology of the mammalian caudal efferent auditory system and presented some animal research suggesting its putative

Spencer B. Smith Au.D./Ph.D. student at the University of Arizona   *Please note: This article is Part I of a two-part series. Part II will be published as next month’s featured piece, so please be on the look-out!   Introduction: Much of what is understood about the neurophysiology of auditory processing has been derived from studying and modeling the afferent auditory

Renata Filippini, PhD. Post-doctoral researcher at the University of Arizona and University of Sao Paulo   The construction of an accurate spatial map is key for localization of sound sources not only for communication, but also for survival. Being able to figure out the characteristics of the environment allow us to interact with it in a safe and productive manner: as

by Chloe E Robbins, The University of Arizona The human central auditory nervous system (CANS) is responsible for processing and maintaining the integrity of sound stimuli, both simple and complex, from the peripheral auditory system for interpretation at the cortical level. When pathologies arise in this system, abilities such as understanding speech, localization, lateralization, and discrimination of signals can become