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·June 23, 2022·4 min read

Dysfunctional Gene Leads to Potentially Treatable Hearing Loss

Researchers identified three different MINAR2 genetic mutations that were responsible for deafness in 13 people from four different families.

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·June 18, 2022·3 min read

Human Echolocators Can Better Locate Targets From Sideways Rather Than Straight Ahead

Humans who use echolocation have better acuity in localizing a target from 45 degrees to the side compared to directly ahead at 0 degrees.

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·June 11, 2022·4 min read

Older Adults May Be Better at Listening in Noisy Social Settings Than Has Long Been Thought

Older adults may have better listening skills in busy social settings than previously believed, researchers say.

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·June 4, 2022·4 min read

AI Learns Coral Reef ‘Song’

A new artificial intelligence algorithm trained using the soundscapes of both healthy and degraded reefs can determine reef health 92% of the time.

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·May 26, 2022·8 min read

Early Sound Exposure in the Womb Shapes the Auditory System

Muffled sounds experienced in the womb prime the brain’s ability to interpret some sounds and may be key for auditory development.

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·May 16, 2022·3 min read

Hope for Treatments Against Hearing Loss as 10 Genes Identified

Researchers have identified ten novel genes and changes in the stria vascularis that appear to be associated with age-related hearing loss.

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·May 5, 2022·4 min read

New Tool to Create Hearing Cells Lost in Aging

Researchers have identified a master gene that programs ear hair cells into either inner or outer cells. The discovery could lead to new treatments to restore hearing loss associated with aging, noise exposure, or as an adverse reaction to medical therapies.

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·April 27, 2022·7 min read

Speech or Song? Identifying How the Brain Perceives Music

New research explores the different ways in which the brain distinguishes between music and speech.

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·April 25, 2022·4 min read

“I Know This Song!” Evolutionary Keys to Musical Perception

The human ability to recognize patterns in pitch and tempo may emerge from pre-existing abilities in other species.

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·March 29, 2022·6 min read

Reversing Hearing Loss With Regenerative Therapy

A new regenerative therapy uses small molecules to program progenitor cells derived from stem cells in the inner ear to grow new hair cells within the cochlear and restore hearing.