Hearing loss, presbycusis, is one of the most common sensory declines in the ageing population. Presbycusis is characterised by a deterioration in the processing of temporal sound features as well as a decline in speech perception, thus indicating a possible central component. With the aim to explore the central component of presbycusis, we studied the function of the auditory cortex by functional MRI in two groups of elderly subjects (>65 years) and compared the results with young subjects (

Department of Auditory Neuroscience Institute of Experimental Medicine Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Prague Czech Republic

Department of Auditory Neuroscience Institute of Experimental Medicine Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Prague Czech Republic; Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery 1st Faculty of Medicine Charles University Prague University Hospital Motol Prague Czech Republic

MR Unit Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine Prague Czech Republic

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