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Research Proposal
Motivation
Speech understanding
Inferior colliculus lesions
Brainstem aphasia
Plan
fMRI of the inferior colliculi
Subjects
Testing strategies
Predicted results
Working hypotheses
Language areas on fMRI
Effects of asphyxia at birth
Maturation of the brain
Time-table of myelination
Learning to speak "by ear"
Metabolism in the brain
Protective mechanisms
Catastrophic factors
Brainstem damage

References:
Acoustic features of speech
Angelo R (1985) Physiologic acoustic basis of speech perception. Otolaryngol Clin North Am.
1985 May;18(2):285-303.

Sinex DG, Chen GD (2000) Neural responses to the onset of voicing are unrelated to other
measures of temporal resolution. J Acoust Soc Am. 2000 Jan;107(1):486-95.

Disney A, Calford MB (2001) Neurosteroids mediate habituation and tonic inhibition in the
auditory midbrain. J Neurophysiol. 2001 Aug;86(2):1052-6.

Rescorla L, Mirak J. Normal language acquisition. Semin Pediatr Neurol 1997 Jun;4(2):70-76
January 2006
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