Cortical tracking of speech-in-noise develops from childhood to adulthood

• Main Authors: Vander Ghinst, Marc, Bourguignon, Mathieu, Niesen, Maxime, Wens, Vincent, Hassid, Sergio, Choufani, Georges, Jousmäki, Veikko, Hari, Riitta, Goldman, Serge, De Tiège, Xavier
• Other Authors: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Science::Medicine; Coherence Analysis; Magnetoencephalography
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/145455
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In multitalker backgrounds, the auditory cortex of adult humans tracks the attended speech stream rather than the global auditory scene. Still, it is unknown whether such preferential tracking also occurs in children whose speech-in-noise (SiN) abilities are typically lower compared with adults. We...