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Can the developing auditory system adapt to hearing loss using multiple adaptive strategies? A hearing loss in one ear changes some of the cues to sound location (the binaural cues that rely on differences between the sound heard by each ear) but leaves others intact (the cues that rely only on the sound heard byContinue reading “Keating et al. (2015) Nat Neurosci”

How is sound localization affected by previous experience? This review paper outlines recent advances in our understanding of this topic and identifies some of the most promising directions for future research. Keating P, King AJ (2015) Sound localization in a changing world. Current opinion in neurobiology 35:35-43. Click here for original article.

In the midbrain, do neighbouring neurons like similar things? Decades of research have shown that neighouring neurons often respond to similar sound frequencies, which can produce maps of frequency in the brain. However, recent research has shown that this organization may break down at a very fine spatial scale in the auditory forebrain. This paperContinue reading “Barnstedt et al. (2015) J Neurosci”

Can adult humans adapt to a hearing loss in one ear using multiple strategies? Sound localization is impaired by a hearing loss in one ear. But during development, ferrets adapt to this type of hearing loss using multiple adaptive strategies. This paper shows that adult humans also use multiple adaptive strategies for adapting to aContinue reading “Keating et al. (2016) eLife”