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Auditory Neuroscience Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·August 15, 2017·5 min read

Brain Responses to Lip-Reading Can Benefit Cochlear Implant Users

Contrary to common belief, lip reading can have a beneficial effect for those with cochlear implants. Researchers found the more a person's brain responded to lip reading, the more responsive the brain became to sound delivered through the implant.

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·July 16, 2017·3 min read

Electrical Stimulation of Brain May Help People with Schizophrenia Learn to Communicate Better

UCLA researchers use transcranial direct current stimulation to help boost auditory processing in people with schizophrenia.

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·June 30, 2017·5 min read

Controlling a Single Brain Chemical May Help Expand Window for Learning Language and Music

Using mouse models, researchers restricted a key chemical messenger to extend efficient auditory learning until much later in life. Disrupting adenosine signaling in the auditory thalamus allowed researchers to extend the window for auditory learning well into adulthood and far beyond the current critical period.

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·June 29, 2017·5 min read

Key Mechanism Behind Some Forms of Deafness Identified

Researchers have identified a new protein, CIB2, that is key to helping the auditory system to turn soundwaves into meaningful brain signals. Mutations of this gene leave people unable to convert the soundwaves into signals that the brain can interpret, and are deaf.

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·May 30, 2017·4 min read

Auditory Processing: Where Microseconds Matter

Researchers identify a mechanism that allows mammals to perceive minimal differences in timing of signal reception in order to localize sounds.

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Auditory Neuroscience Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·April 21, 2017·4 min read

Speech Comprehension Improves With a Slight Auditory Delay For Some

Researchers report a potential benefit in delaying the time between audio and visual signals in improving speech comprehension.

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·April 3, 2017·5 min read

When Writing Interferes with Hearing

Neuroimaging technology can help determine the success of failure possibilities of cochlear implants for those who lose their hearing during adulthood.