Browse News Stories
41 to 50 of 605 stories
view headlines only
-
Intelligence
Child Development
Language Acquisition
Brain Injury
Disorders and Syndromes
Educational Psychology
New Brain-Test App
February 8, 2013 Smartphones offer a wealth of possibilities for psychological research. A new study shows that an iPhone app yields as reliable results as laboratory ... > full story -
Researchers Develop Rx for Deafness, Impaired Balance in Mouse Model of Usher Syndrome
February 4, 2013 In a new study, researchers report that hearing and balance can be rescued by a new therapy in a mouse model of Usher syndrome (Usher) that contains the mutation responsible for type 1C Usher. The ... > full story -
Discovering the Missing 'LINC' to Deafness
January 28, 2013 50 percent of hearing loss is linked to genetic mutations. Now a researcher has discovered a significant mutation in a family of proteins that could lead to new treatments for hearing ... > full story -
FDA Approves Clinical Trial of Auditory Brainstem Implant Procedure for Children in U.S.
January 22, 2013 The House Research Institute and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given final approval to begin a clinical trial of an Auditory ... > full story -
Hearing Loss Accelerates Brain Function Decline in Older Adults
January 21, 2013 Older adults with hearing loss are more likely to develop problems thinking and remembering than older adults whose hearing is normal, according to a new ... > full story -
Stress Makes Exhausted Women Over-Sensitive to Sounds
January 15, 2013 Women suffering from stress-related exhaustion exhibit hypersensitivity to sounds when exposed to stress. In some cases, a sound level corresponding to a normal conversation can be perceived as ... > full story -
Music from the Ear: Researchers Show How an Objective Audiometric Test Can Become Even More Reliable
January 10, 2013 Not only can the human ear detect sounds, it can also generate them. If the ear hears the two upper tones of a major triad, it produces the fundamental of the chord which can then be measured. This ... > full story -
Sensory Hair Cells Regenerated, Hearing Restored in Noise-Damaged Mammal Ear
January 9, 2013 Researchers have demonstrated for the first time that hair cells can be regenerated in an adult mammalian ear by using a drug to stimulate resident cells to become new hair cells, resulting in ... > full story -
Mechanism of Hearing Is Similar to Car Battery, Researcher Learns
January 7, 2013 Biologists have shown that one of the mechanisms involved in hearing is similar to the battery in your car. And if that isn't interesting enough, the scientists advanced their knowledge of human ... > full story -
Hearing Loss
Hearing Impairment
Children's Health
Child Psychology
Educational Psychology
Child Development
Speaking Skills Crucial for Hearing Impaired Children in the Classroom
December 17, 2012 New research shows that the successful integration of hearing-impaired children into hearing classrooms is dependent upon how well the child can speak. Children with hearing loss, their parents, and ... > full story
Search ScienceDaily
Number of stories in archives: 140,690

