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·June 13, 2021·2 min read

Headphones and Earbuds Impact Younger Generations’ Future Audio Health

Listening to music on headphones or earbuds at 50% volume for an hour a day can have a detrimental impact on a young person's auditory health, a new study reports.

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·May 10, 2021·6 min read

Research Challenges a Decades-Old Mechanism of How We Hear Sounds

Researchers have identified several novel functional mechanisms related to the inner hair cells of the ear. The findings may upend numerous longstanding theories about the working anatomical organization and workings of the ear, as well as provide new avenues for the development of technologies to improve hearing.

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·March 30, 2021·4 min read

Experimental Hearing Implant Succeeds in Registering Brain Waves

An experimental twist on a classic cochlear implant allows researchers to directly measure brain waves and assess how good, or bad, a person's hearing is.

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·February 12, 2021·7 min read

Implant Improves Balance, Movement and Quality of Life for People With Inner Ear Disorder

A new vestibular implant can significantly reduce dizziness, restore balance, and improve the quality of life for people with bilateral vestibular hypofunction (BVH).

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·January 10, 2021·4 min read

We Hear What We Expect to Hear

It's not just the cerebral cortex, it is the entire auditory pathway that represents sounds according to prior expectations.

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·July 8, 2020·4 min read

Hearing Persists at the End of Life

A new study provides evidence that hearing is the last sense to go during the process of active death. Many people become unresponsive during the final hours of life, however, EEG data revealed the dying brain responds to sounds throughout the final moments of life.

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·April 23, 2020·2 min read

How hearing loss in old age affects the brain

The stronger the hearing loss, the poorer hippocampal synaptic plasticity and memory ability become.

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·February 27, 2020·3 min read

Hearing aids may delay cognitive decline

93% of study participants showed improvement in cognitive and executive function after using a hearing aid.

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·January 2, 2020·2 min read

Hearing through lip-reading

Lip reading causes brain activity to synchronize with sound waves, even when there is no audible sound.

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·September 6, 2019·4 min read

Sound deprivation in one ear leads to speech recognition difficulties

Ear infections and other conditions that cause hearing loss to one ear can cause nerve damage if left untreated. The damage may render the sufferer to difficulties in speech recognition and processing.

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·May 28, 2019·4 min read

Does your health in middle age predict how healthy you’ll be later in life?

Vascular and inflammatory problems during middle age, as well as some minor injuries, could be a biomarker for poor brain health in older age. However, brain aging may be delayed by maintaining a healthy diet, weight and level of physical activity as we age.