The evolutionary puzzle of the mammalian ear
Credit: (©Anne Le Mai?tre) The vertebrate ear is a remarkable structure. Tightly encapsulated within the densest bone of the skeleton, ...
Tag: Hearing/Speech
Essential key to hearing sensitivity discovered
Credit: Dan Addison | UVA Communications New research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine is shedding light on ...
Advanced X-ray technology tells us more about Ménière’s disease
Credit: Nordström et al. The organ of balance in the inner ear is surrounded by the hardest bone in the ...
Similar brain glitch found in slips of signing, speaking
The discovery of a common neural mechanism in speech and ASL errors -- one that occurs in just 40 milliseconds ...
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 ...
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 ...