Schizophrenia is characterised not only by positive and negative symptoms but also by fundamental disturbances in early auditory processing. Deficits in the rapid encoding of basic sound features—such ...

Have you ever struggled to follow a conversation at a party? If listening and piecing together the conversation is a consistent problem, you might be suffering from auditory processing disorder (APD).

Auditory processing disorder (APD) is when the brain cannot interpret sounds correctly. People may also refer to APD as central auditory processing disorder. People with APD may find it difficult to ...

Aspects of the "cocktail party effect" may emerge before cognitive decline is detected ...

Hearing is so effortless for most of us that it’s often difficult to comprehend how much information the brain’s auditory system needs to process and disentangle. It has to take incoming sounds and ...