Hearing Research

Fourth International Conference Held in Portland, Oct. 7-9 Minneapolis, Oct. 9, 2009 - Starkey Laboratories, Inc., one of the world's...

A new study out of the University of Utah, co-authored by the Chair of the Bioengineering Department, Dr. Richard Rabbitt, has demonstrated that the human ear actually has tiny,...

Perhaps it is a disease you have never heard of. Or perhaps it is one that you know far too well. Meniere's Disease is a disease that affects the inner ear and...

How many times have you stubbed your toe on that stupid table fumbling for the light switch in the middle of the night? (And it's always the same toe!) Well, the days of...

A new study by the University of East Anglia suggests computers are now better at lip-reading than humans. The peer-reviewed findings...

Discovery Could Lead to New Therapies for Progressive Hearing Loss La Jolla, CA, September 3, 2009 - A team led by scientists from The Scripps Research Institute has discovered...

Musicians, trained to hear sounds embedded in a network of melodies and harmonies, are primed to understand speech in noisy settings. Evanston, Ill. - Anyone with an MP3 device...

Syndrome may be similar to other speech and language disorders Washington, DC - Nerve fibers that link perception and motor regions of the brain are disconnected in tone-deaf...

Discovery of a deafness-causing gene defect in mice has helped identify a new protein that protects sensory cells in the ear, according to a study led by University of Iowa...

Are you sometimes (or often) so dizzy that you have to hold onto something to keep from falling? If so, you know how scary that feeling is. Loss of balance can have a of...

Research findings may contribute to improvement of voice recognition technologies Researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have succeeded for the first time in...

The Seattle Quality of Life Group at the University of Washington in Seattle is conducting a study to understand the Quality of Life of Children and Youth who are Deaf or Hard of...

Gainesville, Fla. - Two University of Florida communication science departments have joined to form the largest academic program of its kind in Florida. The merger of the...

In genetics, as in life, surprising things can turn up in unexpected places. That was certainly the case when an international group of researchers found three mutations...

Program Focuses on Executive Function and how Children "Learn how to Learn" St. Louis, MO. - July 23, 2009 - A conference hosting leading experts in the fields of psychology,...

A team of researchers from the University of Alcala de Henares (UAH) has shown scientifically that human beings can develop echolocation, the system of acoustic signals...

Research could have implications for addressing hearing loss in humans The frog Huia...

Practical resource enhances ability to deliver patient-centered care Naerum, DK July 9 - Ida Institute today introduced the Reflective Journal, a practical tool to help hearing...

Millions unaware of danger from vestibular dysfunction; diabetes a risk factor, along with age May 20, 2009- A full third of American adults, 69 million men and women over age...

Pioneering research, being carried out in Nottingham, into the development of cochlear implants - hearing devices that convert sound into neural signals - and the future of this...

NIDCD Director James F. Battey, Jr., M.D., Ph.D., welcomed five new members to the National Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Advisory Council during the Council's...

Estrogen Found to Work Within Neurons to Facilitate Hearing and Memory Scientists at the University of Rochester have discovered that the hormone estrogen plays a pivotal role...

Finding May Lead to Better Understanding of How Body Responds to Mechanical Stimuli La Jolla, CA, May 13, 2009- Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute have elucidated...

An experimental vaccine applied to the surface of the skin appears to protect against certain types of ear infections. Scientists from the Research Institute at Nationwide...

Stanford, Calif. - Scientists thought they had a good model to explain how the inner ear translates vibrations in the air into sounds heard by the brain. Now, based on new...