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Neural Correlates of the Binaural Masking Level Difference in Human Frequency-Following Responses

verfasst von: Christopher G. Clinard, Sarah L. Hodgson, Mary Ellen Scherer

Erschienen in: Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology | Ausgabe 2/2017

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Abstract

The binaural masking level difference (BMLD) is an auditory phenomenon where binaural tone-in-noise detection is improved when the phase of either signal or noise is inverted in one of the ears (S_πN_o or S_oN_π, respectively), relative to detection when signal and noise are in identical phase at each ear (S_oN_o). Processing related to BMLDs and interaural time differences has been confirmed in the auditory brainstem of non-human mammals; in the human auditory brainstem, phase-locked neural responses elicited by BMLD stimuli have not been systematically examined across signal-to-noise ratio. Behavioral and physiological testing was performed in three binaural stimulus conditions: S_oN_o, S_πN_o, and S_oN_π. BMLDs at 500 Hz were obtained from 14 young, normal-hearing adults (ages 21–26). Physiological BMLDs used the frequency-following response (FFR), a scalp-recorded auditory evoked potential dependent on sustained phase-locked neural activity; FFR tone-in-noise detection thresholds were used to calculate physiological BMLDs. FFR BMLDs were significantly smaller (poorer) than behavioral BMLDs, and FFR BMLDs did not reflect a physiological release from masking, on average. Raw FFR amplitude showed substantial reductions in the S_πN_o condition relative to S_oN_o and S_oN_π conditions, consistent with negative effects of phase summation from left and right ear FFRs. FFR amplitude differences between stimulus conditions (e.g., S_oN_o amplitude–S_πN_o amplitude) were significantly predictive of behavioral S_πN_o BMLDs; individuals with larger amplitude differences had larger (better) behavioral B MLDs and individuals with smaller amplitude differences had smaller (poorer) behavioral B MLDs. These data indicate a role for sustained phase-locked neural activity in BMLDs of humans and are the first to show predictive relationships between behavioral BMLDs and human brainstem responses.

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Titel: Neural Correlates of the Binaural Masking Level Difference in Human Frequency-Following Responses
verfasst von: Christopher G. Clinard
Sarah L. Hodgson
Mary Ellen Scherer
Publikationsdatum: 28.11.2016
Verlag: Springer US
Erschienen in: Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology / Ausgabe 2/2017
Print ISSN: 1525-3961
Elektronische ISSN: 1438-7573
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10162-016-0603-7

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