Normal audiogram but poor sensitivity to brief sounds in mice with compromised voltage-gated sodium channels (Scn8a medJ )
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DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2019.01.001
Abstract: &NA; The Scn8amedJ mutation of the gene for sodium channels at the nodes of Ranvier slows nerve conduction, resulting in motor abnormalities. This mutation is also associated with loss of spontaneous bursting activity in the… read more here.
Keywords: normal audiogram; poor sensitivity; sensitivity; audiogram poor ... See more keywords
Poor sensitivity to sound statistics impairs the acquisition of speech categories in dyslexia
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DOI: 10.1080/23273798.2017.1408851
Abstract: ABSTRACT Accumulative studies suggest that people with dyslexia have impaired categorical perception of speech. However, the origin of this deficit remains unknown. We now propose that impaired sensitivity to distributional statistics in dyslexia underlies this… read more here.
Keywords: speech categories; sensitivity sound; speech; poor sensitivity ... See more keywords