Is there a link between the physics of hearing and the ability to interpret music?
UH engineer awarded a Guggenheim fellowship to pursue the questionCredit: University of Houston Pradeep Sharma, a mechanical engineer at the ...
Tag: Hearing/Speech
Rare disease in children: the key role of a protein revealed
Canadian scientists take one step closer towards a better understanding of Batten disease Credit: Stéphane Lefrançois, INRS Laval, February 28 ...
Bush-crickets’ ears unlock the science to developing revolutionary hearing sensors
Credit: Dr Thorin Jonsson New research has found that bush-crickets' ear canals have evolved to work in the same way ...
Concordian examines the link between cognition and hearing or vision loss
Social factors do not explain how they are connected, new research showsCredit: Concordia University There is a long-established and widely ...
Study: Hearing develops in tandem with form and function
Mouse model insight could focus future hearing loss reversal research on early developmentCredit: Oregon Health & Science University New research ...
Hearing through lip-reading
How the brain can create sound information via lip-readingCredit: Bourguignon et al., JNeurosci 2019 Brain activity synchronizes with sound waves, ...
Aarhus University opens the world’s first center for ear-EEG
Danish researchers are world leaders in brain measurement via a special device fitted in the ear like a hearing aid. ...
Millions with swallowing problems could be helped through new wearable device
Credit: Jared Pike/Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A wearable monitoring device to make treatments easier and more affordable for ...
Muscle weakness after sepsis linked to mitochondrial dysfunction
New findings may explain why humans experience muscle weakness after sepsis recovery, and suggest the need for novel treatments to ...
Common genetic link between autism and Tourette’s impairs brain communication
Credit: Lancaster University Lancaster University researchers have discovered, for the first time, how a genetic alteration that increases the risk ...
Finding meaning in ‘Rick and Morty,’ one burp at a time
Acoustic analysis of belching during speech showcases the cartoon's rich array of nonword soundsCredit: Jessica Moore SAN DIEGO, December 5, ...
ASA, CDC plan revamp of sound-related Wikipedia pages for International Year of Sound 2020
Acoustical Society of America, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health push to improve online resources for sound, acoustics and ...
Purdue speech-language entrepreneur elected fellow of National Academy of Inventors
Credit: Jessica Huber/Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Jessica Huber, a professor in Purdue University's Department of Speech, Language, and ...
Why only some post-stroke survivors can ‘copy what I say’
Certain brain regions must be intact in stroke survivors with aphasia if they are to copy what another speaker says, ...
Not so quiet, please
UC Riverside mouse study finds early exposure to sounds can address hypersensitivity to noise associated with Fragile X SyndromeCredit: L. ...
Lab develops novel approach to study sound recognition in acoustically orienting animals
The St. Olaf College team's findings on song recognition in the fly Ormia ochracea are part of special on 'How ...
Frog in your throat? Stress might be to blame for vocal issues
MU researcher studies relationship between stress and voice disorders such as muscle tension dysphoniaCredit: MU News Bureau COLUMBIA, Mo. - ...
Artificial throat could someday help mute people ‘speak’
Credit: Adapted from ACS Nano 2019, 10.1021/acsnano.9b03218 Most people take speech for granted, but it's actually a complex process that ...
Study finds maternal race not a factor for children experiencing a ‘language gap’
In a first of its kind study, researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Frank Porter Graham ...
Wearing hearing aid may help protect brain in later life
A new study has concluded that people who wear a hearing aid for age-related hearing problems maintain better brain function ...
