Age-related differences in auditory evoked potentials as a function of task modulation during speech-nonspeech processing

Abstract

Background Healthy aging is typically associated with impairment in various cognitive abilities such as memory, selective attention or executive functions. Less well observed is the fact that also language functions in general and speech processing in particular seems to be affected by age. This impairment is partly caused by pathologies of the peripheral auditory nervous system and central auditory decline and in some part also by a cognitive decay. Aims This cross-sectional electroencephalography (EEG) study investigates temporally Show more