建模听力增强:耳收益的有效控制可以解释听力损失的水平依赖性和影响
Swapna Agarwalla1, Afagh Farhadi2, Laurel H Carney1,3
1Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA.
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
|January 16, 2026
概括
介质橄耳听力效应增强控制在听觉增强 (AE) 中发挥着关键作用,影响声音检测. 这种机制解释了正常听力和听力受损的听众之间的AE差异.
科学领域:
- 听觉神经科学 听觉神经科学
- 精神声学是一种精神声学.
- 计算审计建模计算审计建模
背景情况:
- 听觉增强 (AE) 描述了前体声音如何影响目标检测能力.
- 现有的关于AE的精神声学发现对传统的听觉模型提出了挑战.
- 听力障碍背后的机制,特别是听力障碍的差异,仍然不清楚.
研究的目的:
- 调查中介性橄耳 (MOC) 传感增益控制在听觉增强 (AE) 中的作用.
- 模拟在正常听力和听力受损的听众中观察到的AE现象.
- 测试MOC介导的耳增益调制是听力损失AE变化的基础的假设.
主要方法:
- 开发和模拟一个包含MOC异效增益控制的亚皮层听觉模型.
- 与心理声学数据相比,用和没有效应增益控制的模型性能的比较.
- 在同时和前向掩盖条件下对AE的复制.
主要成果:
- 使用MOC传感增益控制的听觉模型成功地复制了AE的发现,包括正常听力和听力受损的听众之间的差异.
- 一个缺乏异效增益控制的模型无法捕捉到这些特定的AE效应.
- 该模型证明了正常听力前方掩盖的水平依赖AE和听力障碍同时掩盖的AE.
结论:
- 通过MOC介导的耳增益调制是一种可能有助于听觉增强的机制.
- MOC系统的增益控制功能可能解释了与听力损失相关的AE变化.
- 计算建模为听觉处理和可塑性的神经基础提供了洞察力.
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