News on Hearing Research

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

April 21, 2009 - Utah and Texas researchers have learned how quiet sounds are magnified by bundles of tiny, hair-like tubes atop "hair cells" in the ear: when the tubes dance...

Findings: A study looking at the electronic medical records of 100 consecutive people who came to the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary for hearing tests that revealed...

Surgery at Loyola Makes it Possible to Attach Prosthesis with Magnets Maywood - To look at Matthew Houdek, you could never tell he was born with virtually no left ear. A...

When you play a piano, the strings may supply the musical tones, but if it weren't for the wooden hammers striking the strings, you wouldn't hear a note. New research from the...

Anyone who has tried to carry on a conversation in a roomful of talkers knows how difficult it can be to concentrate on what one person is saying while tuning everyone else...

When we hear a sound, sensory cells in our inner ear trigger the release of a chemical-called a neurotransmitter-to neighboring nerve cells, which, in turn, relay the auditory...

Moose, of the Bullwinkle variety, are known to have excellent hearing. They can pick up a mating call from up to two miles away. That's pretty good, don't you think? The Study...

A UCLA study shows for the first time how microscopic crystals form sound and gravity sensors inside the inner ear. Located at the ends of cilia - tiny cellular hairs in the ear that move and transmit signals - these crystals play an important role in detecting sound, maintaining balance and regulating movement.

There is increasing and compelling evidence to suggest that brains weakened by either age or illness process auditory information slower than healthy ones. Since a strong...

Although babies typically start talking around 12 months of age, their brains actually begin processing certain aspects of language much earlier, so that by the time they start...

Exploring the various performance times needed to pick out specific sounds in a complex scene(Boston) - Call it the cocktail party effect: how an individual can participate in a...

The traditional view of individual brain areas involved in perception of different sensory stimulii.e., one brain region involved in hearing and another involved in seeinghas...

Research conducted at Rutgers University has shown that exposure to a changed acoustic and social environment can rewire the way the brain processes sounds. Beginning in the...

A study examining auditory abilities using human fossils from the Pleistocene era offers new clues about the origins of speech, suggesting it may have emerged earlier than...

Berkeley Lab scientists have for the first time pieced together the three-dimensional structure of one of natures most exquisite pieces of machinery, a gossamer-like filament of...