News on Hearing Research

The risk of cutaneous squamous-cell carcinoma (skin cancer) recurring or spreading around the body is increased when tumour thickness exceeds 6.0 mm or when desmoplastic growth*...

Echolocation is a method of perceiving the world by emitting noises, then listening to the reflections of these noises off objects in the environment. Animals use echolocation...

Watch a bird overhead, turn toward a friend at your side, or exult in a cartwheel, and without knowing it, you are taking advantage of the vestibular portion of your inner ear....

19 May, 2008 - A new study has found that swimming pools in remote Aboriginal communities can dramatically reduce rates of skin, ear and chest infections.Researchers from Perths...

Memphis, Tennessee, May 7, 2008 - St. Jude Children's Research Hospital investigators have found that an electrically powered amplification mechanism in the cochlea of the ear is...

By David F. Salisbury, Published: April 25, 2008Shape matters, even in hearing.Specifically, it is the shape of the cochlea the snail-shell-shaped organ in the inner ear conv...

West Lafayette, Ind. -More of the brain is busy processing pitch from language and other sounds than previously thought, according to a researcher in neurophonetics at Purdue...

Los Angeles February 19, 2008 The House Ear Institute (HEI) announces the appointment of David I. Meyer, Ph.D., as executive vice president of research effective March 2008. H...

Houston(Jan. 07, 2008)In the middle of the night, as you hear the buzzing of a mosquito, your skin begins to prickle, anticipating that the annoying insect is about to light on...

Researchers implant electrodes in the brain, and use the soundtrack from 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'The human ear is exquisitely tuned to discern different sound...

Researchers have established how a molecule in the inner ear of mammals helps fine-tune auditory perception. Their findings help explain how the brain communicates with the inner...

Houston -- (December 14, 2007) -- Levels of cholesterol in the membranes of hair cells in the inner ear can affect your hearing, said a consortium of researchers from Baylor...

Dec. 10, 2007 - AMHERST, Mass. Infants refine and narrow their ability to discriminate between things they see and hear in their first year, revealing what appears to be decline...

Discovery could lead to improved hearing aidsMIT Professor Dennis Freeman, left, graduate student Roozbeh Ghaffari and research scientist Alexander J. Aranyosi have found that...

Evanston, Ill. --- Think about the confused feelings that occur when you meet someone whose tone of voice doesn't seem to quite fit with his or her gender. A new study by...

Top: Scanning electron microscopy shows the stair-step pattern of stereocilia. Bottom: Fluorescence microscopy image shows the presence of CDH23 (green) at the point where each...

Memphis, Tennessee, July 27, 2007 - A 30-year scientific debate over how specialized cells in the inner ear amplify sound in mammals appears to have been settled more in favor of...

Your ability to listen to a phone message in one ear while a friend is talking into your other earand comprehend what both are sayingis an important communication skill thats...

Credit: Alan Walker lab, Penn State A computer reconstruction of an adult female baboon skull from high-resolution x-ray computed tomography (CT) slices. The skull is rendered...

September 8, 2006A shot in the dark testing acoustics 1960s style in the Royal Festival HallAn innovative technique that, for the first time, accurately measures exactly sound...

United Kingdom, Jul 21, 2006-- More than six million Brits say the glug of wine pouring into a glass is their all-time favourite sound, according to new research published by...

Brad Ingrao, Au.D., Selected as Director of Professional Relations at Audiology OnlineSan Antonio, TX--Audiology Online and HealthyHearing.com are pleased to announce the...

The University of Connecticut is pleased to announce a summer workshop on (Central) Auditory Processing Disorders: New Trends in Diagnosis and Management. Under the o...

Speech-language pathologists are an integral part of the treatment process for persons with Alzheimer's disease (AD). AD is the most common cause of dementia, a syndrome gradua...

Communication is the key to all human activities. It is necessary for learning, exchanging information and generally taking care of each other. When someone you know has a...