Researchers have discovered a mechanism the brain uses to help compensate when noise obscures speech sounds.
A new technique synchronizes cochlear signals in those with implants, stimulating the brain in a way that is similar to hearing people. This can allow those with cochlear implants to hear in stereo.
A new study investigates what happens when we multitask and why it's not such a good idea to drive and use a phone at the same time.
Researchers have discovered how fear can increase or decrease the ability to discriminate among sounds, depending upon context. The study provides insight into distorted sound perception with victims of PTSD.
A new study reveals the frontal regions of the brain play a vital role in assessing and interpreting emotions communicated orally.
Dysfunctional NMDA brain receptors appear to be responsible for common hearing problems in people with schizophrenia, researchers report.
When a person listens to another person talking, their brain waves alter to select specific features of the speaker's voice and tune out other voices.
A new study investigates how interneurons in the auditory center of the honeybee brain respond to waggle dance like vibrations.
Neuroscientists may one day be able to hear the imagined speech of a patient unable to speak due to stroke...
Based on the activity in the auditory cortex and motor cortex, researchers were able to predict whether a participant was listening to music that was upbeat or sad.
Researchers find simulated blindness in adult mice sharpens the animal's hearing.
A new study reports that the neural architecture of the auditory cortex is virtually identical in those who are profoundly deaf and those who can hear.
