Neural and cognitive factors in healthy and impaired hearing

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Although young healthy listeners understand speech effortlessly, older people and those with hearing loss sometimes struggle to hear well, especially in noisy situations. Our research aims to understand the neural bases of these difficulties, both in those with audiologically normal hearing and deaf people whose hearing has been restored by a cochlear implant (CI). In particular we explore ways of overcoming some of the limitations of cIs so as to allow a wider range of patients to hear well. To do this we combine behavioural and EEG measurements with intra-operative recordings and clinical observations.