Hearing develops in tandem with form and function
Findings may provide clues that may help researchers develop new techniques to regenerate hair cells in the inner ear and reverse hearing loss.... Read More...
auditory neuroscience
Hearing through lip-reading
Lip reading causes brain activity to synchronize with sound waves, even when there is no audible sound.... Read More...
Reconstructing spoken words as processed in nonhuman primate brains
Using artificial intelligence and brain-computer interface technology, researchers reconstructed English words from neural signals recorded from the brains of non-human primates.... Read More...
The human brain is prepared to follow the rhythm of a song or of a dance
Regardless of musical training, a person's brain synchronizes with the rhythm of music, but musicians' brain responses are much stronger and more resistant to distraction.... Read More...
Drug combination reverses hypersensitivity to noise
Summary: Treating mouse models of autism with modafinil and EBIO reduced hypersensitivity to noise.Source: MITPeople with autism often experience hypers... Read More...
How the brain dials up the volume to hear someone in a crowd
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.... Read More...
Mild-to-moderate hearing loss in children leads to changes in how brain processes sound
The brain activity response to sound in older children with hearing loss was lower than their peers with normal hearing.... Read More...
How the brain repurposes unused regions
There is an underlying organization that dictates how the visual cortex is repurposed in blind people, which is not random. ... Read More...
Why is the brain disturbed by harsh sounds?
Harsh noises, such as alarm bells and sirens, hold the brain's attention by stimulating its aversion networks. ... Read More...
How our brain filters sounds
The brain adjusts the attention it gives to identical sounds the moment they are perceived in the brainstem.... Read More...
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. ... Read More...
New findings on human speech recognition
Increased activity of the ventromedial geniculate body indicates the processing of auditory information begins before the auditory pathways reach the cerebral cortex.... Read More...