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  MRI Scans In Premature Infants Can Predict Future Developmental Delays

  August 18, 2006 — A Washington University pediatrician at St. Louis Children's Hospital has found that performing MRI scans on pre-term infants' brains assists dramatically in predicting the babies' future ... > full story
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  Hearing Loss And High-Speed Dental Tools

  August 16, 2006 — Whether high-speed dental tools contribute to hearing loss is the subject of a study currently underway in the OHSU Tinnitus Clinic and the School of Dentistry. According to Robert Folmer, Ph.D., one ... > full story
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  Study Shows Combination Of Sight And Sound Helps Adults Learn Basic Visual Tasks More Rapidly

  August 16, 2006 — Researchers from Boston University (BU) and UCLA have found that using multi-sensory training programs, a research technique that engages more than one of the senses, helps adults improve their ... > full story
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  Constant Din Of Barking Causes Stress, Behavior Changes In Dogs In Shelters

  July 26, 2006 — If your neighbor's barking dog drives you crazy, pity the employees of the nation's animal shelters, where the noise produced by howling, barking and yapping dogs often exceeds that produced by a ... > full story
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  Nicotine Exposure During Development Leads To Hearing Problems

  July 18, 2006 — Scientists know that children of women who smoke during pregnancy can develop hearing-related cognitive deficits. For the first time, researchers believe they have evidence that not only implicates ... > full story
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  Late Talking Toddler: New Research Debunks The Myth

  July 13, 2006 — New research findings from the world's largest study predicting children's late language emergence has revealed that parents are not to blame for late talking ... > full story
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  With Cochlear Implants, Earlier Use Leads To Better Speech

  June 29, 2006 — "Bye-bye, bye-bye," said one 3 and a half-year old child, born deaf but with a cochlear implant that partially restored hearing nine months earlier. That's the most complex speech the child uttered ... > full story
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  Kids Who Blow Bubbles Find Language Is Child's Play

  June 28, 2006 — Youngsters who can lick their lips, blow bubbles and pretend that a building block is a car are most likely to find learning language easy, according to a new study funded by the Economic and Social ... > full story
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  Protein Tied To Usher Syndrome May Be Hearing's 'Missing Link'

  June 27, 2006 — A protein tied to Usher syndrome has been identified as a likely player in the ear's conversion of sound into electrical signals. The findings will not only provide insight into how hearing takes ... > full story
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  A Neural Mosaic Of Tones

  June 23, 2006 — The brain filters what we hear. It can do this in part because particular groups of neurons react to specific frequencies of sound. Neurobiologists have now created a "frequency map" for numerous ... > full story

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