title: The neural processing of masked speech.
abstract: Spoken language is rarely heard in silence, and a great deal of interest in psychoacoustics has focused on the ways that the perception of speech is affected by properties of masking noise. In this review we first briefly outline the neuroanatomy of speech perception. We then summarise the neurobiological aspects of the perception of masked speech, and investigate this as a function of masker type, masker level and task. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled "Annual Reviews 2013".
authors.affiliation: Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, UCL, 17 Queen Square, London WC1N 3AR, UK. sophie.scott@ucl.ac.uk
authors.forename: Sophie K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.forename: Carolyn
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: McGettigan
mesh_terms: D001303:Auditory Cortex / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology; D003071:Cognition; D032882:Comprehension; D059907:Functional Neuroimaging; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009622:Noise; D010470:Perceptual Masking / Q000502:physiology*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D011571:Psychoacoustics; D013060:Speech; D013067:Speech Perception / Q000502:physiology*