Increased activity in frontal motor cortex compensates impaired speech perception in older adults. Relative to young adults, older adults show higher activation of frontal speech motor areas as measured by functional MRI during a syllable identification task at varying signal-to-noise ratios.

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Increased activity in frontal motor cortex compensates impaired speech perception in older adults. Relative to young adults, older adults show higher activation of frontal speech motor areas as measured by functional MRI during a syllable identification task at varying signal-to-noise ratios.