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Overview

Andrej Kral is affiliated with Hannover Medical School in Germany and specializes in neuroscience with a strong focus on cognitive neuroscience and sensory systems. Their research portfolio includes extensive work in the areas of hearing loss and rehabilitation, as well as the neural dynamics underlying auditory processing and brain function.

Their recent published papers include:

  • Crossmodal plasticity in hearing loss, 2023, Trends in Neurosciences
  • Deafness Weakens Interareal Couplings in the Auditory Cortex, 2021, Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • Virtual cochlear implantation for personalized rehabilitation of profound hearing loss, 2022, Hearing Research
  • Deficient Recurrent Cortical Processing in Congenital Deafness, 2022, Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience
  • Theta and alpha oscillatory signatures of auditory sensory and cognitive loads during complex listening, 2024, NeuroImage

Kral frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Felix Aplin, H. Maier, Thomas Lenarz, Peter Baumhoff, and Wiebke Konerding. These collaborations have contributed to a substantial body of joint work.

Their publication record spans multiple notable scientific venues, with most contributions appearing in:

  • Hearing Research
  • Laryngo-Rhino-Otologie
  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of Neuroscience
  • Frontiers in Neuroscience

Kral's work covers a variety of subfields tied closely to their main field of neuroscience. These include cognitive neuroscience, sensory systems, cellular and molecular neuroscience, speech and hearing, and experimental and cognitive psychology.

The primary research topics addressed comprise:

  • Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
  • Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Noise Effects and Management
  • Multisensory perception and integration
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces

The combination of diverse topics and extensive collaboration highlights a comprehensive engagement with auditory neuroscience, emphasizing both clinical and theoretical aspects of hearing and brain function.

Best Publications

  • Developmental neuroplasticity after cochlear implantation.

    Andrej Kral;Anu Sharma

  • The influence of a sensitive period on central auditory development in children with unilateral and bilateral cochlear implants

    Anu Sharma;Michael F. Dorman;Andrej Kral

  • Cross-modal plasticity in specific auditory cortices underlies visual compensations in the deaf

    Stephen G Lomber;M Alex Meredith;Andrej Kral

  • PloS One 2012

    Rüdiger Land;Gerhard Engler;Andrej Kral;Andreas K. Engel

  • Profound Deafness in Childhood

    Andrej Kral;Gerard M. O'Donoghue;Gerard M. O'Donoghue

  • Neurocognitive factors in sensory restoration of early deafness: a connectome model.

    Andrej Kral;Andrej Kral;William G Kronenberger;William G Kronenberger;David B Pisoni;David B Pisoni;Gerard M O'Donoghue

  • What's to lose and what's to learn: development under auditory deprivation, cochlear implants and limits of cortical plasticity.

    Andrej Kral;Jos J. Eggermont

  • Spatial resolution of cochlear implants: the electrical field and excitation of auditory afferents.

    Andrej Kral;Rainer Hartmann;Dariusch Mortazavi;Rainer Klinke

  • Auditory critical periods: A review from system’s perspective

    A. Kral

  • Hearing after Congenital Deafness: Central Auditory Plasticity and Sensory Deprivation

    A. Kral;R. Hartmann;J. Tillein;S. Heid

  • Postnatal Cortical Development in Congenital Auditory Deprivation

    A. Kral;J. Tillein;S. Heid;R. Hartmann

  • Recruitment of the Auditory Cortex in Congenitally Deaf Cats by Long-Term Cochlear Electrostimulation

    Rainer Klinke;Andrej Kral;Silvia Heid;Jochen Tillein

  • Congenital Auditory Deprivation Reduces Synaptic Activity within the Auditory Cortex in a Layer-specific Manner

    A. Kral;R. Hartmann;J. Tillein;S. Heid

  • Delayed maturation and sensitive periods in the auditory cortex.

    Andrej Kral;Rainer Hartmann;Jochen Tillein;Silvia Heid

  • Single-sided deafness leads to unilateral aural preference within an early sensitive period

    Andrej Kral;Peter Hubka;Silvia Heid;Jochen Tillein;Jochen Tillein

  • Variations in microanatomy of the human cochlea.

    Ersin Avci;Tim Nauwelaers;Thomas Lenarz;Volkmar Hamacher

  • Neuronal Development of Hearing and Language: Cochlear Implants and Critical Periods.

    Andrej Kral;Andrej Kral;Andrej Kral;Michael F. Dorman;Blake S. Wilson;Blake S. Wilson

  • Cochlear implants: cortical plasticity in congenital deprivation.

    Andrej Kral;Jochen Tillein;Silvia Heid;Rainer Klinke

  • Asymmetric Hearing During Development: The Aural Preference Syndrome and Treatment Options

    Karen Gordon;Yael Henkin;Andrej Kral

  • Erratum to "Development of brainstem-evoked responses in congenital auditory deprivation"

    Jochen Tillein;Silvia Heid;Elisabeth Lang;Rainer Hartmann

Frequent Co-Authors

Rainer Klinke
Rainer Klinke Goethe University Frankfurt
Andreas K. Engel
Andreas K. Engel Universität Hamburg
Pascal Barone
Pascal Barone Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Stephen G. Lomber
Stephen G. Lomber McGill University
Daniel Senkowski
Daniel Senkowski Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Robert K. Shepherd
Robert K. Shepherd University of Melbourne
Bertrand Delgutte
Bertrand Delgutte Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
M. Alex Meredith
M. Alex Meredith Virginia Commonwealth University
David B. Pisoni
David B. Pisoni Indiana University
William G. Kronenberger
William G. Kronenberger Indiana University

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