Maureen J. Shader

Auditory- and Visual-Speech Evoked Activation of the Superior Temporal Gyrus Contralateral to the Cochlear Implant Predicts Speech Recognition Outcomes

Objectives: Speech recognition outcomes vary widely in cochlear implant recipients, but the reasons for this variability are not well explained by patient history factors alone. Neuroplastic reorganization after both deafness and cochlear implant switch-on can affect how new reci...

Disentangling neural and physiological contributions to fNIRS signals during active and passive auditory tasks

Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) is increasingly used to study speech processing because it balances spatial and temporal resolution, but fNIRS signals are susceptible to physiological interference, particularly during active-response tasks. This study examined how s...