Benefit of Modulated Masking in hearing according to age
Mônyka Ferreira Borges Rocha, Karina Paes Advíncula, Cristiane do Espírito Santo Xavier Simões, Diana Babini Lapa de Albuquerque Britto, Pedro de Lemos Menezes

TL;DR
Modulated noise improves hearing performance in younger individuals, but elderly people show reduced benefits, suggesting age-related decline in auditory processing.
Contribution
This study demonstrates that modulated noise enhances auditory processing and reveals age-related differences in temporal auditory performance.
Findings
Modulated noise reduced neural response latencies and increased amplitudes across all age groups.
Elderly participants had higher auditory thresholds and lower BMM magnitude compared to younger individuals.
Lower BMM magnitude in the elderly suggests impaired temporal auditory processing due to aging.
Abstract
•Less disturbance from modulated noise in the magnitude and time of neural processing.•Modulated noise generated lower electrophysiological and behavioral thresholds.•Elderly people had higher electrophysiological and behavioral thresholds.•Lower BMM magnitude in the elderly suggests lower temporal auditory performance. Less disturbance from modulated noise in the magnitude and time of neural processing. Modulated noise generated lower electrophysiological and behavioral thresholds. Elderly people had higher electrophysiological and behavioral thresholds. Lower BMM magnitude in the elderly suggests lower temporal auditory performance. To analyze the Benefit of Modulated Masking (BMM) on hearing in young, adult and elderly normal-hearing individuals. The sample included 60 normal-hearing individuals aged 18–75 years who underwent behavioral assessment (sentence recognition test in…
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Taxonomy
TopicsHearing Loss and Rehabilitation · Noise Effects and Management · Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics
