Effects of ageing and adult-onset hearing loss on cortical auditory regions

Hearing loss is a common feature in human ageing. It has been argued that dysfunctions in central processing are important contributing factors to hearing loss during older age. Ageing also has well documented consequences for neural structure and function, but it is not clear how these effects inte...

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Main Author: Velia eCardin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnins.2016.00199/full