Hearing/Speech

Credit: (©Anne Le Mai?tre) The vertebrate ear is a remarkable structure. Tightly encapsulated within the densest bone of the skeleton, it comprises the smallest elements of the vertebrate skeleton (auditory ossicles) and gives rise to…

Tel Aviv University findings indicate that ear infections in the region peaked some 6,000 years ago due to high population density, poor hygiene and cold and rainy climate conditions Researchers at Tel Aviv University have discovered…

Credit: Dan Addison | UVA Communications New research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine is shedding light on the biological architecture that lets us hear - and on a genetic disorder that causes both deafness and…

Credit: Nordström et al. The organ of balance in the inner ear is surrounded by the hardest bone in the body. Using synchrotron X-rays, researchers at Uppsala University have discovered a drainage system that may be assumed to play…

FAU team of researchers uses computer-based model to explain chronic ringing in the ears Approximately three million people in Germany suffer from chronic tinnitus. There are various theories of what causes the chronic ringing in the ears.…

The study found that seniors who speak two languages actively tend to maintain specific executive control abilities against natural age-related declines. The next time you get the urge to lapse into English while conversing in your other…

The discovery of a common neural mechanism in speech and ASL errors -- one that occurs in just 40 milliseconds -- could improve recovery in deaf signers after a strokeCredit: SDSU When we speak, we give little thought to how the words…

Lack of evidence on risk of ionizing radiation for common pediatric swallow study causes unfortunate variability in how clinicians conduct it; a Medical University of South Carolina researcher received grant funding to change thatCredit:…

Scientists have discovered an earlier origin to the human language pathway in the brain, pushing back its evolutionary origin by at least 20 million years. Previously, a precursor of the language pathway was thought by many scientists…

UH engineer awarded a Guggenheim fellowship to pursue the questionCredit: University of Houston Pradeep Sharma, a mechanical engineer at the University of Houston, has been selected for a Guggenheim Fellowship, this year's only…

The college, which is among four international winners, will develop children's books in 6 sign languages Rochester Institute of Technology's National Technical Institute for the Deaf is one of four international innovators selected to…

What does it actually look like deep inside our ears? This has been very difficult to study as the inner ear is protected by the hardest bone in the body. But with the help of synchrotron X-rays, it is now possible to depict…

Novel scanners may open door for prognostic assessment in patients receiving cochlear implantsCredit: Iva Speck, University Hospital Freiburg, Germany. Novel, fully digital, high-resolution positron emission tomography/computed tomography…

What people hear and do not hear can have a direct effect on their balance, according to new research from the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai (NYEE). The research, published in the March 12 issue of JAMA Otolaryngology-Head…

Canadian scientists take one step closer towards a better understanding of Batten disease Credit: Stéphane Lefrançois, INRS Laval, February 28 2020-- Professor Stéphane Lefrançois, a researcher at the Institut National de la…

Wearing hearing aids may delay cognitive decline in older adults and improve brain function, according to promising new research Wearing hearing aids may delay cognitive decline in older adults and improve brain function, according to…

A new study exposes the fallacy of relying on pronunciation as a measure of linguistic proficiency. The study, 'Revisiting phonetic integration in bilingual borrowing', by Shana Poplack, Suzanne Robillard, Nathalie Dion (all from the…

Researchers find bilingualism provides the brain with greater cognitive reserve, delaying onset of symptoms Can bilingualism protect the brain even with early stages of dementia? TORONTO, February 13, 2020 - A study by York University…

Credit: Dr Thorin Jonsson New research has found that bush-crickets' ear canals have evolved to work in the same way as mammals' ears to amplify sound and modulate sound pressure - and the findings could help scientists make better…

Social factors do not explain how they are connected, new research showsCredit: Concordia University There is a long-established and widely recognized link between declines in sensory acuity -- particularly hearing and vision -- and…