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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Auditory Perception
  • Speech Production

Background:

  • Neural responses in the auditory cortex are suppressed during vocalization across species.
  • This auditory suppression is hypothesized to enhance sensitivity to auditory feedback for vocal error detection.
  • Previous evidence in non-human primates supports this, but a direct link in human speech monitoring was lacking.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the relationship between auditory suppression and speech monitoring sensitivity in humans.
  • To map the topography of auditory suppression in the human auditory cortex.
  • To determine if suppressed brain regions are sensitive to alterations in auditory feedback.

Main Methods:

  • Intracranial electroencephalography (iEEG) recordings from 35 neurosurgical participants during speech production.
  • Characterization of auditory suppression topography across the superior temporal gyrus (STG).
  • Delayed auditory feedback (DAF) task to assess sensitivity to auditory feedback alterations.

Main Results:

  • Auditory suppression topography varied across the STG.
  • Sites exhibiting auditory suppression also showed enhanced responses to altered auditory feedback, confirming sensitivity.
  • A strong correlation was found between the degree of auditory suppression and feedback sensitivity.
  • Posterior STG activation increased under DAF conditions, suggesting attentional load modulates feedback sensitivity.

Conclusions:

  • Auditory suppression during speech production is closely linked to auditory feedback sensitivity in humans.
  • This suppression mechanism may play a crucial role in human speech monitoring and error detection.
  • Attentional load, particularly during tasks like DAF, can modulate the sensitivity of the auditory cortex to speech feedback.