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Development of Auditory Scene Analysis and Auditory Attention

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Human Auditory Development

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This chapter summarizes the literature describing auditory scene analysis and auditory attention during infancy and childhood. In Chap. 4, Buss, Hall, and Grose reviewed more than 30 years of research investigating the accuracy with which the frequency, intensity, and temporal characteristics of incoming sounds are represented by the developing child. Building on these impressive studies, a basic assumption underlying the work described in the current chapter is that the peripheral auditory system provides the brain with a precise representation of most sounds by at least 6 months after term birth.

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This work was supported by NIH grant R03 DC00838.

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Leibold, L.J. (2012). Development of Auditory Scene Analysis and Auditory Attention. In: Werner, L., Fay, R., Popper, A. (eds) Human Auditory Development. Springer Handbook of Auditory Research, vol 42. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1421-6_5

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