| Abstrakt: |
Clinical audiology and hearing science have benefitted from tremendous recent advances in our knowledge of the function of the auditory periphery, but much less is known about processing in intact auditory pathways from lower brainstem into cortex and about the effect of central function and dysfunction on peripheral physiology and behavior. The array of noninvasive methods for monitoring and imaging the human brain that have been developed over the past two decades promises to give new insights into central auditory function. These techniques offer particular power as tools for studying connections among brain anatomy, physiology, and behavior expressed at the individual level. In this review, the applications of these noninvasive tools to the study of central auditory processing in humans in the past year are summarized. New methodologic developments that promise even more dramatic advances are discussed. |
