Researchers have identified ten novel genes and changes in the stria vascularis that appear to be associated with age-related hearing loss.
Auditory Neuroscience
Auditory Neuroscience news articles cover science research into hearing, processing sound, auditory cortex, understanding speech, hearing disorders, cochlear implants, language, functions of the ears, deafness, auditory hallucinations, and how brains and nervous systems in general respond to sounds.
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.
New research explores the different ways in which the brain distinguishes between music and speech.
The human ability to recognize patterns in pitch and tempo may emerge from pre-existing abilities in other species.
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.
Stimulating a part of the auditory cortex called the planum temporale improved speech perception, researchers report.
Reduced activation of gamma waves in the brain was associated with the emergence of psychosis symptoms prior to the full-blown disorder appearing.
New research focuses on how memory can impact the perception of auditory and visual information.
A new study explores music aversion, finding musical dislike may facilitate identity expression and help demarcate social groups.
Researchers have identified a population of neurons in the auditory cortex that responds to singing, but not any other type of music.
A new study sheds light on auditory perception in bats.
Babies are sensitive to language patterns in the soothing rhymes their parents sing them.
