NLGC

Neurophysiological Functional Connectivity Changes during Difficult Listening in Older and Younger Adults

Older adults often report increased difficulty understanding speech in noisy listening environments. These difficulties are thought to arise from neurophysiological changes associated with aging, including at the level of cortex. Speech comprehension is believed to rely on coordinated activity across distributed cortical regions, mediated by the directional flow of neural signals -- their functional connectivity.