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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.

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·November 17, 2016·3 min read

How Do the Brains of People Who Don’t Like Music Work?

Researchers explain the neural mechanisms behind a person's lack of sensitivity to music.

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·September 27, 2016·5 min read

Ear Ossicles of Modern Humans and Neanderthal Had Different Shape but Similar Function

Findings could shed new light on the emergence of human spoken language.

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·September 12, 2016·4 min read

Evidence of Hidden Hearing Loss in College Aged People

Researchers link symptoms of difficulty in understanding speech in noisy environments with hidden hearing loss in college aged people.

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·September 12, 2016·7 min read

Mapping Auditory Brain Cells for Maximum Hearing Precision

Researchers have identified the specific synaptic and post-synaptic characteristics that allow auditory neurons to compute with temporal precision.

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·September 1, 2016·7 min read

When Silencing Phantom Noises is a Matter of Science

Researchers believe they have identified a potentially protective gene against tinnitus.

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·April 25, 2016·4 min read

Socially Meaningful Sounds Can Improve Hearing

According to researchers, socially meaningful sounds can change the ear, making it easier to detect those sounds.

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·March 25, 2016·2 min read

Emotional Impact of Music Influenced by Acoustics of Concert Halls

A new study reports the emotional impact of music depends upon the concert hall's acoustics.

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·March 14, 2016·7 min read

How the Brain Detects Short Sounds

A new study reports on bow certain brain cells compute the length of sounds and are able to detect shorter noises.

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·December 29, 2015·4 min read

Humans Not Alone in How We Perceive Melodic Pitch

Marmosets share a number of the same auditory features as humans, suggesting human components of pitch perception evolved much earlier than previously thought, a new study reports.