The role of efferents in human auditory development: efferent inhibition predicts frequency discrimination in noise for children | Zendy

Srikanta K. Mishra | Zendy

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The role of efferents in human auditory development: efferent inhibition predicts frequency discrimination in noise for children

Author(s) -

Srikanta K. Mishra

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

journal of neurophysiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.302

H-Index - 245

eISSN - 1522-1598

pISSN - 0022-3077

DOI - 10.1152/jn.00136.2020

Subject(s) - efferent , noise (video) , neuroscience , psychology , audiology , afferent , computer science , medicine , artificial intelligence , image (mathematics)

Despite several decades of research, the functional role of medial olivocochlear efferents in humans remains controversial and is thought to be insignificant. Here it is shown that medial efferent inhibition strongly predicts frequency discrimination in noise for younger children but not for older children and adults. Young children are relatively more dependent on the efferent system for listening-in-noise. This study highlights the role of the efferent system in hearing-in-noise during childhood development.

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