Table 1.
Technique | Spatial resolution |
Temporal resolution |
Cochlear implant compatibility |
Flexibility in auditory stimuli paradigm |
Potential for use in infants |
Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
fNIRS | + + + | + + + | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
fMRI | + + + + + | + + | No* | No** | No | * Structural imaging possible ** Loud background noise |
PET | + + + + | + | Yes | No* | No | * Limited to block design paradigms |
EEG | + | + + + + + | Yes | No* | Yes | * Limited to sound bursts/clicks |
MEG | + + | + + + + + | No* | No** | Yes | * Requires use of magnet-less implant and simultaneous radio frequency head shield ** Limited to sound bursts/clicks |
fNIRS: functional near-infrared spectroscopy, fMRI: functional magnetic resonance imaging, PET: position emission tomography, EEG: electroencephalography, MEG: magnetoencephalography