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2013 top
Kraus N, Anderson S. In older adults, the brain can still be trained to hear in noise. Hearing Journal. 66(5): 32.
Tierney A, Kraus N. (2013) Neural responses to sounds presented on and off the beat of ecologically valid music. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. 7:14. doi: 10.3389/fnsys.2013.00014
Anderson S, Parbery-Clark A, White-Schwoch T, Drehobl S, Kraus N. (2013) Effects of hearing loss on the subcortical representation of speech cues. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 133(5): 3030-3038
Parbery-Clark A, Anderson S, Kraus N. Musicians change their tune: how hearing loss alters the neural code. Hearing Research. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heares.2013.03.009.
Tierney A, Strait DL, Kraus N (in press) Resting gamma power is linked to reading ability in adolescents. Developmental Science.
Kraus N. (2013) Facing the Music: Musianship's effect on the Brain. Canadian Hearing Report (official publication of Canadian Academy of Audiology), All Things Central, 18: 21-22.
Volume 18 of the Canadian Hearing Report
Strait DL, O'Connell S, Parbery-Clark A, Kraus N. (2013) Musicians’ enhanced neural differentiation of speech sounds arises early in life: developmental evidence from ages three to thirty. Cerebral Cortex. doi:10.1093/cercor/bht103.
Skoe E, Krizman J, Spitzer E, Kraus N. (2013) The auditory brainstem is a barometer of rapid auditory learning. Neuroscience. 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.03.009 .
Anderson S, Kraus N. Auditory training: Evidence for neural plasticity in older adults. SIG 6, Perspectives on Hearing and Hearing Disorders: Research and Diagnostics.
Anderson S, White-Schwoch T, Parbery-Clark A, Kraus N. (2013) A dynamic auditory-cognitive system supports speech-in-noise perception in older adults. Hearing Research. 300: 18-32.
Tierney A, Kraus N (2013) The ability to tap to a beat relates to cognitive, linguistic, and perceptual skills. Brain and Language. 124: 225–231.
Anderson S, White-Schwoch T, Parbery-Clark A, Kraus N (2013) Reversal of age-related neural timing delays with training. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(11) 4357-4362.
Hornickel J, Kraus N. (2013) Unstable representation of sound: A biological marker of dyslexia. Journal of Neuroscience. 33(8) 3500-3504.
Kraus N, Anderson S. (2013) Music training: An antidote for aging? Hearing Journal. 66(3): 52.
Hornickel J, Lin D, Kraus N. (2013) Speech-evoked auditory brainstem responses reflect familial and cognitive influences. Developmental Science. 16(1): 101-110.
Anderson S, Parbery-Clark A, White-Schwoch T, Kraus N. (2013) Auditory brainstem response to complex sounds predicts self-reported speech-in-noise performance. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. 56(1): 31-43.
Anderson S, Kraus N. (2013) The potential role of the cABR in assessment and management of hearing impairment. International Journal of Otolaryngology.
Tierney A, Strait DL, O'Connell S, Kraus N. (2013) Developmental changes in resting gamma power from age three to adulthood. Clinical Neurophysiology.
Kraus N, Anderson S. (2013) The effects of aging on auditory processing. Hearing Journal. 66(1): 36.
Zecker S, Hoffman H, Frisina R, Dubno J, Dhar S, Wallhagen M, Kraus N, Griffith JW, Walton JP, Eddins DA, Newman C, Victorson D, Warrier CM, Wilson RH. (2013) Audition assessment using the NIH Toolbox. Neurology 80:S45-S48.
2012 top
Music
Parbery-Clark A, Anderson S, Hittner E, Kraus N (2012) Musical experience strengthens the neural representation of sounds important for communication in middle-aged adults. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 4(30): 1-12.
Strait DL, Parbery-Clark A, Hittner E, Kraus N. (2012) Musical training during early childhood enhances the neural encoding of speech in noise. Brain & Language. 123:191–201.
Skoe E, Kraus N. (2012) A little goes a long way: how the adult brain is shaped by musical training in childhood. Journal of Neuroscience. 32(34):11507–11510.
Kraus, N. (2012) Biological impact of music and software-based auditory training. Journal of Communication Disorders. 45 (2012) 403–410.
Parbery-Clark A, Tierney A, Strait DL, Kraus N. (2012) Musicians have fine-tuned neural distinction of speech syllables. Neuroscience. 219:111-119.
Parbery-Clark A, Anderson S, Hittner E, Kraus N (2012) Musical experience offsets age-related delays in neural timing. Neurobiology of Aging. 33: 1483.e1–1483.e4
Strait DL, Chan K, Ashley R, Kraus, N. (2012) Specialization among the specialized: auditory brainstem function is tuned in to timbre. Cortex. 48: 360-362.
Kraus N, Strait D, Parbery-Clark A (2012) Cognitive factors shape brain networks for auditory skills: spotlight on auditory working memory. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences: The Neurosciences and Music IV. 1252: 100-107.
Speech in Noise; Reading
Hornickel J, Zecker S, Bradlow A, Kraus N. (2012) Assistive listening devices drive neuroplasticity in children with dyslexia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(41): 16731–16736.
Hornickel et al. (2012) Supplemental
Hornickel J, Kraus N. (2012) Breaking news: cABR can predict auditory-based communication skills. Hearing Journal. 65(9): 28-30.
Kraus N, Anderson S. (2012) Hearing matters: Hearing with our brains. Hearing Journal. 65(9): 48.
Anderson S, Kraus N. (2012) cABR: A neural probe of speech-in-noise processing. Proceedings of ISAAR 2011: Speech perception and auditory disorders. 3rd International Symposium on Auditory and Audiological Research. August 2011, Nyborg, Denmark. Edited by T. Dau, M. L. Jepsen, J. Cristensen-Dalsgaard, and T. Poulsen.
Song J, Skoe E, Banai K, Kraus N (2012) Training to improve hearing speech in noise: Biological mechanisms. Cerebral Cortex. 22:1180--1190.
Kraus N. (2012) Atypical brain oscillations: a biological basis of dyslexia? Trends in Cognitive Sciences.16(1):12-13.
Hornickel J, Anderson S, Skoe E, Yi H, Kraus N. (2012) Subcortical representation of speech fine structure relates to reading ability. NeuroReport. 23(1): 6-9.
Chandrasekaran B, Kraus N. (2012) Biological factors contributing to reading ability: subcortical auditory function. In: Developmental Dyslexia: Early Precursors, Neurobehavioral Markers and Biological Substrates. April A. Benasich and R. Holly Fitch (eds.)
Kraus N, Hornickel J. (2012). cABR: A biological probe of auditory processing. In Auditory Processing Disorders: Assessment, Management and Treatment, Second Edition, Donna Geffner and Deborah Ross-Swain (Eds.)
Kraus N, Hornickel J. (2012). Meaningful engagement with sound for strengthening communication skills. In Auditory Processing Disorders: Assessment, Management and Treatment, Second Edition, Donna Geffner and Deborah Ross-Swain (Eds.)
Special Interests
Kraus N, Anderson S. (2012) cABR may improve hearing aid outcomes. Hearing Journal. 65 (11): 56.
Anderson S, Parbery-Clark A, White-Schwoch T, Kraus N. (2012) Aging affects neural precision of speech encoding. Journal of Neuroscience. 32(41):14156 –14164.
Krizman J, Marian V, Shook A, Skoe E, Kraus N. (2012) Subcortical encoding of sound is enhanced in bilinguals and relates to executive function advantages. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(20): 7877-7881.
Hornickel J, Knowles E, Kraus N. (2012) Test-retest consistency of speech-evoked auditory brainstem responses in typically-developing children. Hearing Research.284(1-2): 52-58.
Hornickel J, Knowles E, Kraus N. (2012) Reliability of the auditory brainstem responses to speech over one year in school-age children: A Reply to Drs. McFarland and Cacace. Hearing Research. 287(1-2): 3-5
Krizman J, Skoe E, Kraus N. (2012) Sex differences in auditory subcortical function. Clinical Neurophysiology. 123: 590-597.
Chandrasekaran B, Kraus N, Wong PCM. (2012) Human inferior colliculus activity relates to individual differences in spoken language learning. Journal of Neurophysiology 107(5): 1325-1336.
2011 top
Music
Parbery-Clark A, Strait DL, Kraus N. (2011) Context-dependent encoding in the auditory brainstem subserves enhanced speech-in-noise perception in musicians. Neuropsychologia. 49: 3338–3345.
Strait DL, Hornickel J, Kraus N. (2011) Subcortical processing of speech regularities predicts reading and music aptitude in children. Behavioral and Brain Functions. 7:44.
Strait DL, Kraus N. (2011) Playing Music for a Smarter Ear: Cognitive, Perceptual and Neurobiological Evidence. Music Perception. 29(2): 133-146.
Kraus N. (2011) Musical training gives edge in auditory processing. Hearing Journal. 64(2):10-16.
Marmel F, Parbery-Clark A, Skoe E, Nicol T, Kraus N. (2011) Harmonic relationships influence auditory brainstem encoding of chords. NeuroReport. 22:504–508.
Parbery-Clark A, Strait DL, Anderson S, Hittner E, Kraus N. (2011) Musical Experience and the Aging Auditory System: Implications for Cognitive Abilities and Hearing Speech in Noise. PLoS ONE 6(5): e18082. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0018082
Strait DL, Kraus N. (2011) Can you hear me now? Musical training shapes functional brain networks for selective auditory attention and hearing speech in noise. Frontiers in Psychology. 2:113. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00113
Skoe E, Kraus N. (2011) Human subcortical auditory function provides a new conceptual framework for considering modularity: A commentary of Isabelle Peretz’ keynote paper “Music, language and modularity in action.” In: Language and music as cognitive systems P. Rebuschat, M. Rohrmeier, J. Hawkins and Ian Cross (eds). Oxford University Press.
Speech in Noise; Reading
Tierney A, Parbery-Clark A, Skoe E, Kraus N. (2011) Frequency-dependent effects of background noise on subcortical response timing. Hearing Research. 282: 145-150.
Anderson S, Parbery-Clark A, Yi H, Kraus N. (2011) A neural basis of speech-in-noise perception in older adults. Ear and Hearing. 32(6): 750-757.
Hornickel J, Chandrasekaran B, Zecker S, Kraus N. (2011) Auditory brainstem measures predict reading and speech-in-noise perception in school-aged children. Behavioural Brain Research. 216: 597-605
Song J, Skoe E, Banai K, Kraus N. (2011) Perception of speech in noise: Neural correlates. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 23(9): 2268–2279.
Parbery-Clark A, Marmel F, Bair J, Kraus N. (2011) What subcortical-cortical relationships tell us about processing speech in noise. European Journal of Neuroscience. 33, 549–557
Anderson S, Kraus N. (2011) Neural encoding of speech and music: Implications for hearing speech in noise. Seminars in Hearing 32: 129-141.
Hornickel J, Kraus N. (2011) Objective biological measures for the assessment and management of auditory processing disorder. Current Pediatric Reviews. 7(3): 252-261.
Special Interests
Warrier C, Nicol T, Abrams D, Kraus N. (2011) Inferior colliculus contributions to phase encoding of stop consonants in an animal model. Hearing Research 282:108-118.
Kraus N. (2011) Listening in on the listening brain. Physics Today. 64(6): 40-45.
Abrams D, Nicol T, Zecker S, Kraus N. (2011) A possible role for a paralemniscal auditory pathway in the coding of slow temporal information. Hearing Research. 272:125-34.
Skoe E, Nicol T, Kraus N.(2011) Cross-phaseogram: Objective neural index of speech sound differentiation. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 196,308–317.
Song J, Nicol T, Kraus N. (2011) Test-Retest Reliability of the Speech-Evoked Auditory Brainstem Response. Clinical Neurophysiology. 122, 346-355
2010 top
Music
Kraus N, Chandrasekaran B. (2010) Music training for the development of auditory skills. Nature Reviews Neuroscience. 11:599-605
Chandrasekaran B, Kraus N. (2010) Music, Noise-Exclusion, and Learning. Music Perception 27(4): 297-306.
Strait DL, Kraus N, Parbery-Clark A, Ashley R. (2010) Musical experience shapes top-down auditory mechanisms: evidence from masking and auditory attention performance. Hearing Research. 261: 22-29
Kraus N, Nicol T. (2010) The musician's auditory world. Acoustics Today. 6(3): 15-27
Skoe E, Kraus N. (2010) Hearing it again and again: on-line subcortical plasticity in humans. PlosONE. 5(10): e13645. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0013645
Speech in Noise; Reading
Anderson S, Skoe E, Chandrasekaran B, Kraus N. (2010) Neural Timing is Linked to Speech Perception in Noise. Journal of Neuroscience. 30(14), 4922-4926
Anderson S, Skoe E, Chandrasekaran B, Zecker S, Kraus N. (2010) Brainstem Correlates of Speech-in-Noise Perception in Children. Hearing Research. 270:151-157
Anderson S, Chandrasekaran B, Yi H, Kraus N. (2010) Cortical-Evoked Potentials Reflect Speech-in-Noise Perception in Children. European Journal of Neuroscience. 32:1407-1413
Anderson S & Kraus N. (2010) Sensory-Cognitive Interaction in the Neural Encoding of Speech in Noise: A Review. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology. 21:575–585
Anderson S, Kraus N. (2010) Objective neural indices of speech-in-noise perception. Trends in Amplification 14:73-83.
Special Interests
Skoe E, Kraus N. (2010) Auditory brainstem response to complex sounds: a tutorial. Ear and Hearing 31(3): 302-324.
Listen to the brainstem stimuli
Chandrasekaran B, Kraus N. (2010) The scalp-recorded brainstem response to speech: neural origins. Psychophysiology 47: 236-246.
Krizman J, Skoe E, Kraus N. (2010) Stimulus rate and subcortical auditory processing of speech. Audiology Neurotology 15: 332-342.
Russo NM, Hornickel J, Nicol T, Zecker S, and Kraus N. (2010) Biological changes in auditory function following training in children with autism spectrum disorders. Behavioral and Brain Functions 6:60.
Abrams D, Nicol T, Zecker S, Kraus N. (2010) Rapid acoustic processing in the auditory brainstem is not related to cortical asymmetry for the syllable rate of speech. Clinical Neurophysiology. 121(8): 1343-1350.
Wang JQ, Nicol T, Skoe E, Sams M, Kraus N. (2010) Emotion and the auditory brainstem responses to speech. Neuroscience Letters 2010;469(3):319-23
Kraus N, Banai K. (2010) Listening, literacy and the neural transcription of sound . Proceedings of the First International Virtual Conference on FM: Access, Achieving Clear Communication, Employing Sound Solutions -2008, DeConde Johnson C, Lewis D, Mulder H, Thibodeau L(eds.) 9-26.
2009 top
Reading; Speech in Noise
Chandrasekaran B, Hornickel J, Skoe E, Nicol T, Kraus N. (2009) Context-dependent encoding in the human auditory brainstem relates to hearing speech in noise: Implications for developmental dyslexia. Neuron 64: 311-319.
Hornickel J, Skoe E, Nicol T, Zecker S, Kraus N. (2009) Subcortical differentiation of voiced stop consonants: relationships to reading and speech in noise perception. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 106(31): 13022–13027.
Abrams D, Nicol T, Zecker S, Kraus N. (2009) Abnormal cortical processing of the syllable rate of speech in poor readers. Journal of Neuroscience 29: 7686-7693.
Banai K, Hornickel JM, Skoe E, Nicol T, Zecker S, Kraus N. (2009) Reading and subcortical auditory function. Cerebral Cortex 19(11): 2699-2707.
Music
Parbery-Clark A, Skoe E, Kraus N. (2009) Musical experience limits the degradative effects of background noise on the neural processing of sound. Journal of Neuroscience 29: 14100-14107.
Parbery-Clark A, Skoe E, Lam C, Kraus N. (2009) Musician enhancement for speech in noise. Ear and Hearing 30(6): 653-661.
Lee KM, Skoe E, Kraus N, Ashley R. (2009) Selective subcortical enhancement of musical intervals in musicians. Journal of Neuroscience 29(18): 5832-5840.
Strait DL, Skoe E, Ashley R, Kraus N. (2009) Musical experience promotes subcortical efficiency in processing emotional vocal sounds. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences: Neurosciences and Music III 1169: 209-213.
Strait DL, Skoe E, Kraus N, Ashley R. (2009) Musical experience and neural efficiency: effects of training on subcortical processing of vocal expressions of emotion. European Journal of Neuroscience 29: 661-668.
Kraus N & Skoe E. (2009) New Directions: Cochlear Implants. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences: Neurosciences and Music III. 1169: 516-517.
Kraus N, Skoe E, Parbery-Clark A, Ashley R. (2009) Experience-induced malleability in neural encoding of pitch, timbre and timing: implications for language and music. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences: Neurosciences and Music III. 1169: 543-557.
Reviews
Tzounopoulos T, Kraus N. (2009) Learning to encode timing: mechanisms of plasticity in the auditory brainstem. Neuron 62(4): 463-469.
Abrams D, Kraus N. (2009) Auditory pathway representation of speech sounds in humans. In: Handbook of Clinical Audiology, Katz J, Hood L, Burkard R, Medwetsky L. (eds.) 611-626.
Kraus N, Nicol T. (2009) Auditory evoked potentials.In Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, Binder MD, Hirokawa N, Windhorst U. (eds.) Springer: Berlin 214-218.
Special Interests
Russo NM, Zecker S, Trommer B, Chen J, Kraus N. (2009) Effects of background noise on cortical encoding of speech in autism spectrum disorders. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 39: 1185-1196.
Russo NM, Nicol T, Trommer BL, Zecker S, Kraus N. (2009) Brainstem transcription of speech is disrupted in children with autism spectrum disorders. Developmental Science 12(4): 557–567.
Dhar S, Abel R, Hornickel J, Nicol T, Skoe E, Zhao W, Kraus N. (2009) Exploring the relationship between physiological measures of cochlear and brainstem function. Clinical Neurophysiology 120: 959-966.
Musacchia G, Arum L, Garstecki D, Nicol T, Kraus N. (2009) Audiovisual deficits in older adults with hearing impairment: biological evidence. Ear and Hearing 30(5): 505-514.
Warrier C, Wong PCM, Penhune V, Zatorre R, Parrish T, Abrams D, Kraus N. (2009) Relating structure to function: Heschl's Gyrus and acoustic processing. Journal of Neuroscience 29(1): 61–69.
Wang JQ, Nicol T, Skoe E, Sams M, Kraus N. (2009) Emotion modulates early auditory response to speech. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 21(11): 2121–2128.
Hornickel JM, Skoe E, Kraus N. (2009) Subcortical lateralization of speech encoding. Audiology Neurotology 14: 198-207.
2008 top
Johnson KL, Nicol TG, Zecker SG, Bradlow A, Skoe E, Kraus N. (2008) Brainstem encoding of voiced consonant-vowel stop syllables. Clinical Neurophysiology 119: 2623-2635.
Banai K, Kraus N. (2008) The dynamic brainstem: implications for APD.In: McFarland D, Cacace A. (eds) Current controversies in central auditory processing disorder. Plural Publishing Inc: San Diego, CA. 269-289.
Musacchia G, Strait D, Kraus N. (2008) Relationships between behavior, brainstem and cortical encoding of seen and heard speech in musicians and nonmusicians. Hearing Research 241: 34-42.
Russo NM, Larson C, Kraus N. (2008) Audio-vocal system regulation in children with autism spectrum disorders. Experimental Brain Research 188: 111-124.
Johnson KL, Nicol T, Kraus N. (2008) Developmental plasticity in the human auditory brainstem. Journal of Neuroscience 28(15): 4000-4007.
Abrams D, Nicol T, Zecker S, Kraus N. (2008) Right-hemisphere auditory cortex is dominant for coding syllable patterns in speech. Journal of Neuroscience 28(15): 3958-3965.
Song JH, Banai K, Kraus N. (2008) Brainstem timing deficits in children with learning impairment may result from corticofugal origins. Audiology Neuro-Otolology 13: 335-344.
Stegemöller EL, Skoe E, Nicol T, Warrier C, Kraus N. (2008) Musical training and vocal production of speech and song. Music Perception 25(5): 419-428.
Russo NM, Bradlow AR, Skoe E, Trommer BL, Nicol T, Zecker S, Kraus N. (2008) Deficient brainstem encoding of pitch in children with autism spectrum disorders. Clinical Neurophysiology 119(8): 1720-1731.
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Song JH, Skoe E, Wong PCM, Kraus N. (2008) Plasticity in the adult human auditory brainstem following short-term linguistic training. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 20(10): 1892-1902.
2007 top
Musacchia G, Sams M, Skoe E, Kraus N. (2007) Musicians have enhanced subcortical auditory and audiovisual processing of speech and music. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 104(40): 15894-15898.
Wong PCM, Skoe E, Russo NM, Dees T, Kraus N. (2007) Musical experience shapes human brainstem encoding of linguistic pitch patterns. Nature Neuroscience 10: 420-422.
Wong et al. (2007) Supplemental
Johnson K, Nicol T, Zecker S, Kraus N. (2007) Auditory brainstem correlates of perceptual timing deficits. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 19: 376-385.
Banai K, Abrams D, Kraus N. (2007) Speech evoked brainstem responses and sensory-based accounts of learning disability. International Journal of Audiology 46: 524-532.
Kraus N, Banai K. (2007) Auditory processing malleability: Focus on language and music. Current Directions in Psychological Science. 16: 105-109.
2006 top
Abrams A, Nicol T, Zecker S, Kraus N. (2006) Auditory brainstem timing predicts cerebral dominance for speech sounds. Journal of Neuroscience 26: 11131-11137.
Song JH, Banai K, Russo NM, Kraus N. (2006) On the relationship between speech and nonspeech evoked auditory brainstem responses. Audiology and Neuro-Otology 11: 233-241.
Musacchia GE, Sams M, Nicol TG, Kraus N. (2006) Seeing speech affects acoustic information processing in the human brainstem. Experimental Brain Research 168: 1-10.
Banai K, Kraus N. (2006) Neurobiology of (central) auditory processing disorder and language-based learning disability.In: Handbook of Central Auditory Processing Disorder: Volume I: Auditory Neuroscience and Diagnosis,Chermak GD, Musiek FE. (eds) San Diego: Plural Publishing Inc. 89-116.
2005 top
Banai K, Nicol T, Zecker S, Kraus N. (2005) Brainstem timing: Implications for cortical processing and literacy Journal of Neuroscience 25(43): 9850-9857.
Johnson KL, Nicol T, Kraus N. (2005) The brainstem response to speech: a biological marker. Ear and Hearing 26(5): 424-433.
Kraus N, Nicol T. (2005) Brainstem origins for cortical "what" and "where" pathways in the auditory system. Trends in Neurosciences 28: 176-181.
Wible B, Nicol T, Kraus N. (2005) Correlation between brainstem and cortical auditory processes in normal and language-impaired children. Brain 128: 417-423.
Russo N, Nicol T, Zecker S, Hayes E, Kraus N. (2005) Auditory training improves neural timing in the human brainstem. Behavioral Brain Research 156: 95-103.
Nicol T, Kraus N. (2005) How can the neural encoding and perception of speech be improved?In: Plasticity and Signal Representation in the Auditory System, Merzenich M and Syka J. (eds.) Springer, New York, pp 259-270.
Wible B, Nicol T, Kraus N. (2005) Encoding of complex sounds in an animal model: Implications for understanding speech perception in humans.In: Auditory Cortex: Towards a Synthesis of Human and Animal Research, Konig R, Heil P, Budinger E, Scheich H. (eds.) Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Oxford 241-254.
2004 top
Warrier CM, Johnson KL, Hayes E, Nicol T, Kraus N. (2004) Learning impaired children exhibit timing deficits and training-related improvements in auditory cortical responses to speech in noise. Experimental Brain Research 157: 431-441.
Wible B, Nicol T, Kraus N. (2004) Atypical brainstem representation of onset and formant structure of speech sounds in children with language-based learning problems. Biological Psychology 67: 299-317.
Russo N, Nicol T, Musacchia G, Kraus, N. (2004) Brainstem responses to speech syllables. Clinical Neurophysiology 115: 2021-2030.
Nicol T, Kraus N. (2004) Speech-sound encoding: Physiological manifestations and behavioral ramifications. Clinical Neurophysiology Supplement 57: 624-630.
2003 top
Hayes E, Tiippana K, Nicol T, Sams M, Kraus, N. (2003) Integration of heard and seen speech: a factor in learning disabilities in children. Neuroscience Letters 351: 46-50.
Kraus N, Nicol T. (2003) Aggregate neural responses to speech sounds in the central auditory system. Speech Communication 41: 35-47.
Hayes E, Warrier CM, Nicol T, Zecker SG, Kraus N. (2003) Neural plasticity following auditory training in children with learning problems. Clinical Neurophysiology 114: 673-684.
Bradlow AR, Kraus N, Hayes E. (2003) Speaking clearly for children with learning disabilities: Sentence perception in noise. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research 46: 80-97.
2002 top
Firszt J, Chambers R, Kraus N, Reeder R. (2002) Neurophysiology of cochlear implant users I: Effects of stimulus current level and electrode site on the electrical ABR, MLR and N1-P2 response. Ear and Hearing 23: 502-515
Firszt J, Chambers R, Kraus N. (2002) Neurophysiology of cochlear implant users II: Comparison among speech perception, dynamic range and physiological measures. Ear and Hearing 23: 516-531.
Tremblay KL, Kraus N. (2002) Auditory training induces asymmetrical changes in cortical neural activity. Journal of Speech and Language Hearing Research 45: 564-572.
Wible B, Nicol TG, Kraus N. (2002) Abnormal neural encoding of repeated speech stimuli in noise in children with learning problems. Clinical Neurophysiology 113: 485-494.
King C, Warrier CM, Hayes E, Kraus N. (2002) Deficits in auditory brainstem encoding of speech sounds in children with learning problems. Neuroscience Letters 319: 111-115.
Cunningham J, Nicol T, King CD, Zecker SG, Kraus N. (2002) Effects of noise and cue enhancement on neural responses to speech in auditory midbrain, thalamus and cortex. Hearing Research 169: 97-111.
Tremblay K, Kraus N. (2002) Beyond the ear: central auditory plasticity. Otorhinolaringology Reviews 52: 93-100.
2001 top
Cunningham J, Nicol T, Zecker SG, Kraus N. (2001) Neurobiologic responses to speech in noise in children with learning problems: Deficits and strategies for improvement. Clinical Neurophysiology 112: 758-767.
Tremblay K, Kraus N, McGee TJ, Ponton CW, Otis B. (2001) Central auditory plasticity: changes in the N1-P2 complex after speech-sound training. Ear and Hearing 22: 79-90.
McGee T, King C, Tremblay K, Nicol TG, Cunningham J, Kraus N. (2001) Long-term habituation of the speech-elicited mismatch negativity. Psychophysiology 38: 653-658.
Kraus N. (2001) Auditory Pathway Encoding and Neural Plasticity in Children with Learning Problems. Audiology Neuro-Otology 6: 221-227.
Kraus N. (2001) Auditory neuropathy: an historical and current perspective. In: Auditory Neuropathy: A new perspective on hearing disorders.Y.Sininger and A. Starr. (eds.), Singular Thomson Learning, London, pp1-14.
2000 top
Cunningham J, Nicol T, Zecker S, Kraus N. (2000) Speech-evoked neurophysiologic responses in children with learning problems: development and behavioral correlates of perception. Ear and Hearing 21: 554-568.
Kraus N, Cheour M. (2000) Speech sound representation in the brain. Audiology Neuro-Otology 5: 140-150.
Bellis TJ, Nicol T, Kraus N. (2000) Aging affects hemispheric asymmetry in the neural representation of speech sounds. Journal of Neuroscience 20: 791-797.
Cheour M, Leppanen PH, Kraus, N. (2000) Mismatch negativity. (MMN) as a tool for investigating auditory discrimination and sensory memory in infants and children. Clinical Neurophysiology 111: 4-16.
Allen J, Kraus N, Bradlow AR. (2000) Neural representation of consciously imperceptible speech-sound differences. Perceptual Psychophysiology 62: 1383-1393.
Kraus N, Bradlow AR, Cheatham MA, Cunningham J, King C, Koch DB, Nicol T, McGee T, Stein L , Wright B. (2000) Consequences of neural asynchrony: A case of auditory neuropathy. Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology 1: 33-45.
1999-1990 top
Kraus N, Koch DB, McGee TJ, Nicol TG, Cunningham J. (1999) Speech-sound discrimination in school-age children: psychophysical and neurophysiologic measures. Journal of Speech and Language Hearing Research 42: 1042-1060.
Bradlow AR, Kraus N, Nicol TG, McGee TJ, Cunningham J, Zecker SG, Carrell TD. (1999) Effects of lengthened formant transition duration on discrimination and neural representation of synthetic CV syllables by normal and learning-disabled children. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 106: 2086-2096.
Koch DB, McGee TJ, Bradlow AR, Kraus N. (1999) Acoustic-phonetic approach toward understanding neural processes and speech perception. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology 10: 304-318.
Kraus N. (1999) Speech sound perception, neurophysiology, and plasticity. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology 47: 123-129.
King C, Nicol T, McGee T, Kraus N. (1999) Thalamic asymmetry is related to acoustic signal complexity. Neuroscience Letters 267: 89-92.
Carrell TD, Bradlow AR, Nicol TG, Koch DB, Kraus N. (1999) Interactive software for evaluating auditory discrimination. Ear and Hearing 20: 175-6.
Bradlow A, Koch D, Kraus N, Pisoni D. (1999) Effects of talker and lexical variability on speech perception by special populations.
Kraus N. (1999) Speech-sound perceptual learning. The Hearing Journal 52: 64-66.
Kraus N. (1999) Learning and perceiving speech sounds. Brain Mechanisms and Disorders in Language Comprehension 10-11.
Kraus N. (1999) Biology of speech-sound perception and linguistic experience. In: Pathologies of Speech and Language. Advances in Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics B. Maasen and P. Groenen. (eds.), WHURR Publ, London, 117-136.
Kraus N, McGee TJ, Koch DB. (1998) Speech sound representation, perception, and plasticity: a neurophysiologic perceptive. Audiology Neuro-Otology 3: 168-182.
Tremblay K, Kraus N, McGee T. (1998) The time course of auditory perceptual learning: neurophysiological changes during speech-sound training. Neuroreport 9: 3557-60.
Kraus N, McGee TJ, Koch DB. (1998) Speech sound perception and learning: biologic bases. Scandinavian Audiology Supplemental 49: 7-17.
Harrison R, Kraus N, Lutkenhoner B, Rajan R, Schreiner C, eds. (1998) Functional Organization and Plasticity of the Auditory Cortex, Audiology and Neuro-Otology, 3.
Kraus N, McGee T, Koch D. (1998) Biologic bases of speech-sound perception and learning. Scandinavian Audiology 27: 7-17.
Tremblay K, Kraus N, Carrell TD, McGee T. (1997) Central auditory system plasticity: generalization to novel stimuli following listening training. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 102: 3762-3773.
Sharma A, Kraus N, McGee TJ, Nicol TG. (1997) Developmental changes in P1 and N1 central auditory responses elicited by consonant-vowel syllables. Electroencephalography and Clinicial Neurophysiology 104: 540-545.
McGee T, Kraus N, Nicol T. (1997) Is it really a mismatch negativity? An assessment of methods for determining response validity in individual subjects. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology 104: 359-368.
Jacobson GP, Kraus N, McGee TJ. (1997) Hearing as reflected by middle and long latency event-related potentials. Advances in Otorhinolaryngology 53: 46-84.
Kraus N, McGee TJ, Carrell TD, Zecker SG, Nicol TG, Koch DB. (1996) Auditory neurophysiologic responses and discrimination deficits in children with learning problems. Science 273: 971-973.
McGee T, Kraus N. (1996) Auditory development reflected by middle latency response. Ear and Hearing 17: 419-429.
McGee T, Kraus N, King C, Nicol T, Carrell TD. (1996) Acoustic elements of speechlike stimuli are reflected in surface recorded responses over the guinea pig temporal lobe. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 99: 3606-3614.
Kraus N. (1996) The discriminating brain. The Hearing Journal 49: 10-14.
Stein L, Tremblay K, Pasternak J, Banerjee S, Lindemann K, Kraus N. (1996) Brainstem abnormalities in neonates with normal otoacoustic emissions. Seminars in Hearing 17: 197-213.
Kraus N, McGee T, Carrell T, Sharma A, Nicol T. (1995) Mismatch negativity to speech stimuli in school-age children. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology Supplemental 44: 211-7.
Kraus N, McGee T. (1995) The middle latency response generating system. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology Suppl 44: 93-101.
King C, McGee T, Rubel EW, Nicol T, Kraus N. (1995) Acoustic features and acoustic changes are represented by different central pathways. Hearing Research 85: 45-52.
Kraus N, McGee T, Carrell T, King C, Tremblay K. (1995) Central auditory system plasticity associated with speech discrimination training. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 7: 27-34.
Kraus N, McGee T, Carrell TD, Sharma A. (1995) Neurophysiologic bases of speech discrimination. Ear and Hearing 16: 19-37.
Micco AG, Kraus N, Koch DB, McGee TJ, Carrell TD, Sharma A, Nicol T, Wiet RJ. (1995) Speech-evoked cognitive P300 potentials in cochlear implant recipients. American Journal of Otology 16: 514-20.
Stein L, Kraus N, McGee T, Koch DB. (1995) New developments in the clinical application of auditory evoked potentials with children with multiple handicaps. Scandinavian Audiology Supplemental 41: 18-30.
Kraus N, McGee T, Carrell T, Sharma A, Nicol T. (1995) Mismatch negativity to speech stimuli in school-age children. In G. Karmos, M Molnar, V Csepe, I Czigler, J Desmedt. (eds): Perspectives of Event-Related Potentials Research. (EEG and Clin Neurophysiol Suppl 44), Elsevier Science B.V, pp. 211-217.
Kraus N, McGee T. (1995) The generating system underlying the middle latency response. In G. Karmos, M Molnar, V Csepe, I Czigler, J Desmedt. (eds): Perspectives of Event-Related Potentials Research. (EEG and Clin Neurophysiol Suppl 44), Elsevier Science B.V, pp. 93-101.
Kraus N, Näätänen R, eds. (1995) Mismatch Negativity as an Index of Central Auditory Function, Ear and Hearing special issue.
Kraus N, McGee T, Littman T, Nicol T, King C. (1994) Nonprimary auditory thalamic representation of acoustic change. J Neurophysiology 72: 1270-7.
Kraus N, McGee T. (1994) Auditory event-related potentials. in Handbook of Clinical Audiology, J Katz, ed. Williams and Wilkins: Baltimore. pp. 403-423.
Littman T, Kraus N, McGee T, Nicol T. (1994) Binaural response patterns in subdivisions of the medial geniculate body. Brain Research 640: 286-95.
Sharma A, Kraus N, Nicol T, Carrell T, McGee T. (1994) Physiological bases of pitch and place of articulation perception: a case study. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 95: 3011.
Kraus N, McGee T, Carrell T, King C, Littman T, Nicol T. (1994) Discrimination of speech-like contrasts in the auditory thalamus and cortex. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 96: 2758-68.
Kraus N, Kileny P, McGee T. (1994) The MLR: Clinical and theoretical principles. In J. Katz. (ed), Handbook of Clinical Audiology, 3rd edition, Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, MD, pp. 387-402.
Kraus N, McGee T. (1994) Mismatch negativity in the assessment of central auditory function. Short Course, American Journal of Audiology, 39-51.
Sharma A, Kraus N, McGee T, Carrell T, Nicol T. (1993) Acoustic versus phonetic representation of speech as reflected by the mismatch negativity event-related potential. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology 88: 64-71.
Kraus N, McGee T. (1993) Clinical implications of primary and nonprimary pathway contributions to the middle latency response generating system. Ear and Hearing 14: 36-48.
Kraus N, Micco AG, Koch DB, McGee T, Carrell T, Sharma A, Wiet RJ, Weingarten CZ. (1993) The mismatch negativity cortical evoked potential elicited by speech in cochlear-implant users. Hearing Research 65: 118-24.
McGee T, Kraus N, Killion M, Rosenberg R, King C. (1993) Improving the reliability of the auditory middle latency response by monitoring EEG delta activity. Ear and Hearing 14: 76-84.
Kraus N, McGee T, Ferre J, Hoeppner JA, Carrell T, Sharma A, Nicol T. (1993) Mismatch negativity in the neurophysiologic/behavioral evaluation of auditory processing deficits: a case study. Ear and Hearing 14: 223-34.
Kraus N, McGee T, Carrell T, Sharma A, Micco A, Nicol T. (1993) Speech evoked cortical potentials in children. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology 4: 238-48.
Kraus N, McGee T, Micco A, Sharma A, Carrell T, Nicol T. (1993) Mismatch negativity in school-age children to speech stimuli that are just perceptibly different. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology 88: 123-30.
Kraus N, McGee T. (1993) The auditory middle latency response. In Jacobson. (ed),The Principles and Applications in Auditory Evoked Potentials Allyn, Bacon, Simon, Shuster, Needham Hts. MA, pp. 155-178.
Kraus N, McGee T, Sharma A, Carrell T, Nicol T. (1992) Mismatch negativity event-related potential elicited by speech stimuli. Ear and Hearing 13: 158-64.
Kraus N, McGee T, Littman T, Nicol T. (1992) Reticular formation influences on primary and non-primary auditory pathways as reflected by the middle latency response. Brain Research 587: 186-94.
McGee T, Kraus N, Littman T, Nicol T. (1992) Contributions of medial geniculate body subdivisions to the middle latency response. Hearing Research 61: 147-54.
Littman T, Kraus N, McGee T, Nicol T. (1992) Binaural stimulation reveals functional differences between midline and temporal components of the middle latency response in guinea pigs. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology 84: 362-72.
Kraus N, McGee T. (1992) Electrophysiology of the Human Auditory System. In: The Mammalian Auditory SystemVol. II, A. Popper, R. Fay. (eds.) Springer Verlag, New York, pp. 335-404.
Toleikis R, Kraus N. (1992) Effects of anesthetics on auditory evoked potentials. Intraoperative Auditory Monitoring Perspectives and Techniques, Academy of Otolaryngology , R. Wiet. (ed), pp. 49-56.
McGee T, Kraus N, Comperatore C, Nicol T. (1991) Subcortical and cortical components of the MLR generating system. Brain Research 544: 211-20.
McGee T, Kraus N, Nicol T, Littman T. (1991) Contributions of the subcomponents of the medial geniculate body on the MLR. Hearing Research 61: 147-154.
Kraus N, McGee T. (1990) Topographic mapping of the auditory middle latency response. in Auditory Evoked Magnetic Fields and Potentials Adv Audiol vol 6, M Hoke, F Grandori, GL Romani. (eds) Karger: Switzerland, pp.141-164.
Kraus N, McGee T. (1990) Clinical applications of the middle latency response. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology 1: 130-3.
Kraus N, McGee T. (1990) Topographic images of the auditory middle latency response. In Grandori F, Hoke M, Romani G. (eds): Auditory evoked electric and magnetic fields. Topographic mapping and functional localization Karger, Switzerland, vol. 6.
1989 and earlier top
Kraus N, McGee T, Comperatore C. (1989) MLRs in children are consistently present during wakefulness, stage 1, and REM sleep. Ear and Hearing 10: 339-45.
Kraus N, Jacobson S, McGee T, Stark C. (1988) Multichannel intracranial recording device using a color imaging brain mapping system. Brain Topography 1: 61-64.
McGee T, Kraus N, Manfredi C. (1988) Toward a strategy for analyzing the auditory middle-latency response waveform. Audiology 27: 119-30.
McGee TJ, Kraus N, Wolters C. (1988) Viewing the audiogram through a mathematical model. Ear and Hearing 9: 153-156.
Smith DI, Kraus N. (1988) Intracranial and extracranial recordings of the auditory middle latency response. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology 71: 296-303.
Kraus N, Smith DI, McGee T. (1988) Midline and temporal lobe MLRs in the guinea pig originate from different generator systems: a conceptual framework for new and existing data. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology 70: 541-58.
Kraus N, McGee T. (1988) Color imaging of the human middle latency response. Ear and Hearing 9: 159-67.
Kraus N, Smith DI, McGee T, Stein L, Cartee C. (1987) Development of the middle latency response in an animal model and its relation to the human response. Hearing Research 27: 165-76.
Smith DI, Kraus N. (1987) Postnatal development of the auditory brainstem response: (ABR) in the unanesthetized gerbil. Hearing Research 27: 157-64.
Kraus N, Smith DI, McGee T. (1987) Rate and filter effects on the developing middle-latency response. Audiology 26: 257-68.
Kraus N, Reed N, Smith DI, Stein L, Cartee C. (1987) High-pass filter settings affect the detectability of MLRs in humans. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology 68: 234-6.
Smith DI, Kraus N. (1987) Effects of chloral hydrate, pentobarbital, ketamine, and curare on the auditory middle latency response. American Journal of Otolaryngology 8: 241-8.
Stein L, Kraus N. (1987) Auditory evoked potentials and the multi-handicapped patient. In : Jacobson. (ed.), The ABR.College Hill Press: San Diego pp 337-349, 1987.
Özdamar Ö, Kraus N, Grossmann J. (1986) Binaural interaction in the auditory middle latency response of the guinea pig. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology 63: 476-83.
Kraus N, Smith DI, McGee T, Stein L. (1986) Development of the MLR in humans corresponds closely to an animal model. Proceedings, International Congress on Auditory Evoked Potentials, New York City, NY.
Kraus N, Smith DI, Grossmann J. (1985) Cortical mapping of the auditory middle latency response in the unanesthetized guinea pig. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology 62: 219-26.
Stein L, Kraus N. (1985) Auditory evoked potentials and the multiply handicapped patient. in The ABR, Jacobson. (ed) College Hill Press: San Diego, pp. 337-349.
Kraus N, Smith DI, Reed NL, Stein LK, Cartee C. (1985) Auditory middle latency responses in children: effects of age and diagnostic category. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology 62: 343-51.
Kraus N, Smith DI, Reed NL, Willott J, Erwin J. (1985) Auditory brainstem and middle latency responses in non-human primates. Hearing Research 17: 219-26.
Kraus N, Özdamar Ö, Heydemann PT, Stein L, Reed NL. (1984) Auditory brain-stem responses in hydrocephalic patients. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology 59: 310-7.
Kraus N, Özdamar Ö, Stein L, Reed N. (1984) Absent auditory brain stem response: peripheral hearing loss or brain stem dysfunction? Laryngoscope 94: 400-6.
Özdamar Ö, Kraus N. (1983) Auditory middle-latency responses in humans. Audiology 22: 34-49.
Özdamar Ö, Kraus N. (1983) Auditory brainstem response in infants recovering from bacterial meningitis: Neurologic assessment. Archives of Neurology 40: 499-502.
Stein L, Özdamar Ö, Kraus N, Paton J. (1983) Follow-up of infants screened by auditory brainstem response in the neonatal intensive care unit. Journal of Pediatrics 103: 447-53.
McGee TJ, Özdamar Ö, Kraus N. (1983) Auditory middle latency responses in the guinea pig. American Journal of Otolaryngology 4: 116-22.
Disterhoft JF, Shipley MD, Kraus N. (1983) Analyzing the rabbit NM conditioned reflex arc. In: Woody CD. (ed): Conditioning: Representation of Involved Neural Functions.Plenum, New York, pp 443-449.
Kraus N, Disterhoft JF. (1982) Response plasticity of single neurons in rabbit auditory association cortex during tone-signalled learning. Brain Research 246: 205-15.
Kraus N, Özdamar Ö, Hier D, Stein L. (1982) Auditory middle latency responses. (MLRs) in patients with cortical lesions. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology 54: 275-87.
Özdamar Ö, Kraus N, Curry F. (1982) Auditory brain stem and middle latency responses in a patient with cortical deafness. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology 53: 224-30.
Kraus N, Disterhoft JF. (1982) Response plasticity of single neurons in rabbit auditory association cortex during tone signalled learning. Brain Research 246: 205-215.
Kraus N, Disterhoft JF. (1981) Location of rabbit auditory cortex and description of single unit activity. Brain Research 214: 279-286.
