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The FFR closely reflects the spectro-temporal features of speech and has been widely proposed as an objective index of auditory function.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\">Neural responses were recorded in 116 healthy young adults while listening to a two-vowel \/oa\/ syllable presented in quiet and in background noise, together with behavioral measures of SIN perception. The results show that noise enhances envelope encoding\u2014particularly of the fundamental frequency\u2014while degrading temporal fine structure encoding and increasing neural transmission delay. However, only limited associations were found between FFR measures and behavioral speech-in-noise performance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\">These findings indicate that the FFR is a robust biomarker of auditory processing in noise, but provides limited support as a predictor of speech-in-noise perception in healthy young adults. 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