Biological markers of auditory gap detection in young, middle-aged, and older adults.
The capability of processing rapid fluctuations in the temporal envelope of sound declines with age and this contributes to older adults' difficulties in understanding speech. Although, changes in central auditory processing during aging have been proposed as cause for communication deficits, a...
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| description | The capability of processing rapid fluctuations in the temporal envelope of sound declines with age and this contributes to older adults' difficulties in understanding speech. Although, changes in central auditory processing during aging have been proposed as cause for communication deficits, an open question remains which stage of processing is mostly affected by age related changes. We investigated auditory temporal resolution in young, middle-aged, and older listeners with neuromagnetic evoked responses to gap stimuli with different leading marker and gap durations. Signal components specific for processing the physical details of sound stimuli as well as the auditory objects as a whole were derived from the evoked activity and served as biological markers for temporal processing at different cortical levels. Early oscillatory 40-Hz responses were elicited by the onsets of leading and lagging markers and indicated central registration of the gap with similar amplitude in all three age groups. High-gamma responses were predominantly related to the duration of no-gap stimuli or to the duration of gaps when present, and decreased in amplitude and phase locking with increasing age. Correspondingly, low-frequency activity around 200 ms and later was reduced in middle aged and older participants. High-gamma band, and long-latency low-frequency responses were interpreted as reflecting higher order processes related to the grouping of sound items into auditory objects and updating of memory for these objects. The observed effects indicate that age-related changes in auditory acuity have more to do with higher-order brain functions than previously thought. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-8dc6128733ff4c65a5f8fbee0edc4f112025-08-20T03:07:40ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032010-04-0154e1010110.1371/journal.pone.0010101Biological markers of auditory gap detection in young, middle-aged, and older adults.Bernhard RossBruce SchneiderJoel S SnyderClaude AlainThe capability of processing rapid fluctuations in the temporal envelope of sound declines with age and this contributes to older adults' difficulties in understanding speech. Although, changes in central auditory processing during aging have been proposed as cause for communication deficits, an open question remains which stage of processing is mostly affected by age related changes. We investigated auditory temporal resolution in young, middle-aged, and older listeners with neuromagnetic evoked responses to gap stimuli with different leading marker and gap durations. Signal components specific for processing the physical details of sound stimuli as well as the auditory objects as a whole were derived from the evoked activity and served as biological markers for temporal processing at different cortical levels. Early oscillatory 40-Hz responses were elicited by the onsets of leading and lagging markers and indicated central registration of the gap with similar amplitude in all three age groups. High-gamma responses were predominantly related to the duration of no-gap stimuli or to the duration of gaps when present, and decreased in amplitude and phase locking with increasing age. Correspondingly, low-frequency activity around 200 ms and later was reduced in middle aged and older participants. High-gamma band, and long-latency low-frequency responses were interpreted as reflecting higher order processes related to the grouping of sound items into auditory objects and updating of memory for these objects. The observed effects indicate that age-related changes in auditory acuity have more to do with higher-order brain functions than previously thought.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0010101&type=printable |
| spellingShingle | Bernhard Ross Bruce Schneider Joel S Snyder Claude Alain Biological markers of auditory gap detection in young, middle-aged, and older adults. PLoS ONE |
| title | Biological markers of auditory gap detection in young, middle-aged, and older adults. |
| title_full | Biological markers of auditory gap detection in young, middle-aged, and older adults. |
| title_fullStr | Biological markers of auditory gap detection in young, middle-aged, and older adults. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Biological markers of auditory gap detection in young, middle-aged, and older adults. |
| title_short | Biological markers of auditory gap detection in young, middle-aged, and older adults. |
| title_sort | biological markers of auditory gap detection in young middle aged and older adults |
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