Auditory Temporal Processing and its Disorders

'Auditory temporal processing' determines our understanding of speech, our appreciation of music, our ability to
localize a sound source, and even to listen to a person in a noisy crowd.

Sound is dynamic and as such has temporal and spectral content. In disorders such as auditory neuropathy and MS,
problems can occur with these temporal representations of sound, leading to a mismatch between auditory sensitivity and
speech discrimination. In dyslexia, specific language impairment, and auditory processing disorders, similar problems
occur early in life and set up additional cognitive speech processing problems. It has also been found that in
disorders such as autism, schizophrenia and epilepsy, temporal processing deficits can occur.

This book reviews comprehensively the mechanisms for temporal processing in the auditory system, looking at how these
underlie specific clinical disorders, with implications for their treatment. Written by a prolific researcher in
auditory neuroscience, this book is valuable for auditory neuroscientists, audiologist, neurologists, and speech
language pathologists.