Transcutaneous Cervical Vagus Nerve Stimulation Improves Speech Comprehension in Noise: A Crossover, Placebo-Controlled Study
Our findings indicate that tonic tcVNS can evoke immediate and clinically meaningful enhancements in speech-in-noise comprehension. This suggests tcVNS may complement conventional assistive hearing technologies and inform novel therapies for sensory processing disorders.
Authors
- Jason B. Carmel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3933-3692)
- Charles Rodenkirch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8255-6699)
- Michael Jigo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9742-4576)
- Qi Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7626-676X)
Institutions
- United Cerebral Palsy (US)
- Cornell University (US)
- D. E. Shaw Research (US)
- Jacobs Institute (US)
- Columbia University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Neuromodulation Technology at the Neural Interface
- Published
- 2025-05-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurom.2025.04.007
- Primary Topic
- Vagus Nerve Stimulation Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Science Foundation
- National Institutes of Health
- Weill Cornell Medical College
- Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems