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Study looks at benefits of 2 cochlear implants in deaf children
Nature has outfitted us with a pair of ears for good reason: having two ears enhances hearing. University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists are now examining whether this is also true for the growing numbers of deaf children who've received not one, but two, cochlear implants to help them hear. view more (2007-02-13)
Echolocation device enables blind to 'visualise' environment
The idea was sparked by a chance conversation between a group of academics at the University - Deborah Withington, a neurophysiologist, Dean Waters, a biologist and bat expert, Brian Hoyle, an electronics expert and food scientist Malcolm Povey. view more (2000-02-01)
Bitemark Evidence and Analysis Should Be Approached with Caution, According to UB Study
Against the backdrop of last week's Congressional hearing into the future of forensic science, researchers from the University at Buffalo's Laboratory for Forensic Odontology Research in the School of Dental Medicine, have published a landmark paper on the controversial topic of bitemark analysis. view more (2009-09-17)
Scripps research scientists discover molecular defect involved in hearing loss
Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute have elucidated the action of a protein, harmonin, which is involved in the mechanics of hearing. view more (2009-05-14)
Estrogen Controls How the Brain Processes Sound
Scientists at the University of Rochester have discovered that the hormone estrogen plays a pivotal role in how the brain processes sounds. view more (2009-05-06)
Gene therapy involving antibiotics may help patients with Usher syndrome
A new approach to treating vision loss caused by Type 1 Usher syndrome (USH1), the most common condition affecting both sight and hearing, will be unveiled by a scientist at the annual conference of the European Society of Human Genetics. view more (2008-06-03)
Sound adds speed to visual perception
The traditional view of individual brain areas involved in perception of different sensory stimuli-i.e., one brain region involved in hearing and another involved in seeing-has been thrown into doubt in recent years. view more (2008-08-12)
"Ear ear" - a new audio world at the Science Museum
·How do you know instinctively where to look for a plane when it passes over? ·Where is that fly when you want to swat it? ·What has this got to do with Microsoft's new X-box games console? Hearing in three dimensions is the focus of a new display opening tomorrow, Wednesday 14 November, at the Science Museum in London. The display, called Audio... view more... (2001-11-13)
Ability to listen to 2 things at once is largely inherited, says twin study
Your ability to listen to a phone message in one ear while a friend is talking into your other ear-and comprehend what both are saying-is an important communication skill that's heavily influenced by your genes. view more (2007-07-18)
Protein tied to usher syndrome may be hearing's 'Missing Link'
A protein associated with a disorder that causes deafness and blindness in people may be a key to unraveling one of the foremost mysteries of how we hear. view more (2006-06-28)
Can you hear me now? How the inner ear's sensors are made
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. view more (2008-12-02)
New brain findings on dyslexic children
The vast majority of school-aged children can focus on the voice of a teacher amid the cacophony of the typical classroom thanks to a brain that automatically focuses on relevant, predictable and repeating auditory information, according to new research from Northwestern University. view more (2009-11-12)
'Holy Grail' of hearing: True identity of pivotal hearing structure is revealed
Our ability to hear is made possible by way of a Rube Goldberg-style process in which sound vibrations entering the ear shake and jostle a successive chain of structures until, lo and behold, they are converted into electrical signals that can be interpreted by the brain. view more (2007-09-06)
Paleontologists discover new mammal from Mesozoic Era
An international team of American and Chinese paleontologists has discovered a new species of mammal that lived 125 million years ago during the Mesozoic Era, in what is now the Hebei Province in China. view more (2007-03-15)
Oscar Pistorius: Previously confidential study results released on amputee sprinter
A team of experts in biomechanics and physiology that conducted experiments on Oscar Pistorius, the South African bilateral amputee track athlete, have just published their findings in the Journal of Applied Physiology. view more (2009-06-30)
Scripps Research scientists reveal pivotal hearing structure
In a study published in the September 6, 2007, issue of the journal Nature, researchers showed that two key proteins join together at the precise location where energy of motion is turned into electrical impulses. view more (2007-09-06)
Sweet smell
What makes one smell pleasant and another odious? Is there something in the chemistry of a substance that can serve to predict how we will perceive its smell? view more (2007-09-18)
Brain cells work differently than previously thought
Scientists know that information travels between brain cells along hairlike extensions called axons. For the first time, researchers have found that axons don't just transmit information - they can turn the signal up or down with the right stimulation. view more (2007-08-20)
MRI scans in premature infants can predict future developmental delays
A Washington University pediatrician at St. Louis Children's Hospital has found that performing MRI scans on pre-term infants' brains assists dramatically in predicting the babies' future developmental outcomes. view more (2006-08-17)
Female concave-eared frogs draw mates with ultrasonic calls
Most female frogs don't call; most lack or have only rudimentary vocal cords. A typical female selects a mate from a chorus of males and then -silently - signals her beau. view more (2008-05-12)
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