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RIT Takes Eye-Tracking Research To Next Level
May 28, 2005 How do we use our eyes to perceive the world? Could eye movements be windows into human cognition? Scientist Jeff Pelz thinks so. The director of the Visual Perception Laboratory at Rochester ... > full story -
Protein Essential For Hearing Also Vital For Pain Perception
May 25, 2005 The same protein that "translates" sound into nerve signals to the brain and enables individuals to hear is also required for pain perception, researchers from Northwestern University Feinberg School ... > full story -
UCLA Study Tackles Aging Issues Of Adults With Developmental Disabilities
May 23, 2005 Some 4.5 million Americans have a developmental disability. As people live longer, adults with developmental disabilities are no exception, yet their conditions also bring aging-related challenges. ... > full story -
Noise And Carbon Monoxide Exposure Increases Hearing Loss In Workers According To Université De Montréal Study
May 22, 2005 Researchers have gathered evidence which shows that combined chronic exposure to noise and carbon monoxide in the workplace induces hearing loss. Those findings are the result of a study conducted ... > full story -
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Younger Is Better When Implanting Cochlear Implants, Indiana University Study Finds
May 12, 2005 Deaf children who receive cochlear implants do better learning language and speech the younger they receive the implants, according to research by scientists at Indiana University School of Medicine. ... > full story -
University of Iowa Researcher Studies Deafness In Fruit Flies, Humans
May 9, 2005 University of Iowa Biological Sciences Professor Daniel F. Eberl and his colleagues at Duke University have uncovered genetic defects leading to deafness in fruit flies that may shed light on ... > full story -
Dartmouth Researchers Find Where Musical Memories Are Stored In The Brain
April 25, 2005 A group of Dartmouth researchers has learned that the brain's auditory cortex, the part that handles information from your ears, holds on to musical ... > full story -
Researchers Closer To Helping Hearing-Impaired Using Stem Cells
March 28, 2005 Researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine are several steps closer to the day when a profoundly deaf patient’s own bone marrow cells could be used to let him or her hear the ... > full story -
Contaminated Corn Can Create Risks For The Unborn
March 26, 2005 Miscarriages and infants born with neural tube defects are just two of the possible risks for pregnant women who consume corn that has been contaminated by the mycotoxin fumonisin produced by species ... > full story -
Orchestra Pit No Danger To Hearing
March 26, 2005 While the clang of cymbals and the blare of the trombone may startle, orchestra musicians at the Canadian Opera Company needn't worry about hearing loss, say University of Toronto ... > full story
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