Hearing/Speech

What The Article Says: Researchers report the clinicopathologic and autopsy findings observed in the olfactory system of two patients with SARS-CoV-2-positive nasal swabs. Authors: Patrizia Morbini M.D., Ph.D., of the University of…

Credit: Kenneth Probst/UCSF PITTSBURGH, Aug. 6, 2020 - New research by neuroscientists at the University of Pittsburgh and University of California San Francisco (UCSF) revealed that a simple, earbud-like device…

Research shows that severe hearing loss in childhood cancer survivors is associated with neurocognitive deficits independent of type of therapyCredit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research…

What The Viewpoint Says: The overall safety and benefits of using nasal saline irrigations on viral upper respiratory infections during a pandemic, such as COVID-19, are discussed in this Viewpoint. Authors: John S. Schneider, M.D.,…

Credit: Scientists have created an optical cochlear implant based on LED lights that can safely and partially restore the sensation of hearing in deaf rats and gerbils. Their design's light-based approach allowed it to deliver more…

Credit: Northeast Ohio Medical University ROOTSTOWN, OHIO--Northeast Ohio Medical University researcher and professor of anatomy and neurobiology Jianxin Bao, Ph.D., has received a large federal grant to produce the first human…

Credit: Kazuya Motomura A technique that maps a patient's language centers before going into surgery works best when their brain tumor is not in those areas. The finding, published by Nagoya University researchers in the journal…

Effectively Communicating with Older Adults Who Have Hearing Loss During COVID-19 Media Contact: Waun'Shae Blount, [email protected] The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a variety of challenges for older adults with hearing trouble across…

A study from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago found that children with a MED-EL Synchrony cochlear implant device can undergo MRI safely, with no discomfort and reduced need for sedation or anesthesia. Findings…

Hearing is widely thought to be the last sense to go in the dying process. Now UBC researchers have evidence that some people may still be able to hear while in an unresponsive state at the end of their life. This research, published…

Credit: Chris Adam/Purdue Research Foundation WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - SpeechVive Inc. announced Tuesday (July 7) the completion of a convertible note that will provide the necessary resources to begin scaling the business.…

Credit: Image by Yassan Abdolazimi/Segil Lab/USC Stem Cell Scientists from the USC Stem Cell laboratories of Neil Segil and Justin Ichida are whispering the secrets of a simpler way to generate the sensory cells of the…

A new method to estimate English discrimination ability from human pupillary response Credit: COPYRIGHT (C) TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Overview A research team of the Department of Computer…

Even with effective anti-retroviral therapy, patients infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) sustain central nervous system damage. Whether these problems can be mainly attributed to the disease, its treatments, or…

Credit: Photo: Veikko Somerpuro. A new study brings neural-level evidence that the continuous variation in natural speech makes the discrimination of phonemes challenging for adults suffering from developmental…

Children with developmental disabilities or delay are more at risk of developing asthma, according to a new study published in JAMA Network Open led by public health researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston…

Researchers have used artificial intelligence to reduce the 'communication gap' for nonverbal people with motor disabilities who rely on computers to converse with others. The team, from the University of Cambridge and the University…

Multidisciplinary Interventions for People with Diverse Needs is a book written from an interdisciplinary perspective with the objective of helping readers to understand the problems faced by people with special needs. Key Features: *…

New culture technique opens the door for new treatment for wound and burn treatments, testing drugs and cosmetics; the technique is a proof of concept for developing other human organoid systems, including the inner earCredit: Jiyoon Lee,…

Study finds link between level of vision impairment and audio accuracy People with severe vision loss can less accurately judge the distance of nearby sounds, potentially putting them more at risk of injury, according to new research…