Hearing loss is a significant problem that affects at least 15% of the population. This
percentage, however, is likely significantly higher because of a variety of auditory disorders …

Echolocating bats (sub-order: Microchiroptera) form a highly successful group of animals,
comprising approximately 700 species and an estimated 25% of living mammals. Many …

An important question in sensory neuroscience is what coding strategies and mechanisms
are used by the brain to detect and discriminate among behaviorally relevant stimuli. There …

Frequency modulations are a prominent feature of animal vocalizations and human speech.
Here we investigated how neurons in the inferior colliculus (IC) of Mexican free-tailed bats …

Early in auditory processing, neural responses faithfully reflect acoustic input. At higher
stages of auditory processing, however, neurons become selective for particular call types …

We determined the sensitivity, specificity and efficiency of speech-evoked Auditory
Brainstem Response (ABR) as a diagnostic support for Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) …

In addition to ascending, descending, and lateral auditory projections, inputs extrinsic to the
auditory system also influence neural processing in the inferior colliculus (IC). These types …

Almost all of the processing that occurs in the various lower auditory nuclei converges upon
a common target in the central nucleus of the inferior colliculus (ICc) thus making the ICc the …

The ubiquity of social vocalizations among animals provides the opportunity to identify
conserved mechanisms of auditory processing that subserve communication. Identifying …

Auditory neurons in the inferior colliculus (IC) show remarkable selectively in that they can
distinguish between complex sounds that have identical spectral energy but different …