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Even Minimal, Undetected Hearing Loss Hurts Academic Performance
November 23, 2004 — An unidentified minimal hearing loss is a significant factor in the psychosocial and educational progress of young children, according to multiple research studies conducted over the past 20 years at ... > full story -
What Color Is That Sound?
November 23, 2004 — Imagine being able to see or taste sounds, as well as hearing them. Sound like science fiction? For some people, it’s reality. This blending of the senses occurs in a rare condition called ... > full story -
Scientists Closing In On Nerve Proteins' Contributions To Memory And Hearing Loss
October 30, 2004 — In a finding that may one day help researchers better understand age-related memory and hearing loss, scientists have shown that two key nervous system proteins interact in a manner that helps ... > full story -
Long-Sought Key To Hearing May Be Found In Protein Discovery
October 13, 2004 — Researchers at Harvard Medical School and their colleagues report in the October 13 Nature advanced on-line edition that they have identified a protein deep in the inner ear that they believe ... > full story -
University Of Montreal Study Shows Superior Sound-Location Skills In The Blind
October 8, 2004 — A research team led by Professor Franco Lepore, director of the Centre for Research in Neuropsychology and Cognition at the Université de Montréal, has shown that both early- and ... > full story -
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New Sign Language Suggests Children Create Language's Fundamentals Through Learning
September 20, 2004 — At a school in Managua, Nicaragua, deaf children are speaking a new language entirely their own, which nonetheless has remarkable similarities to the world's other languages. Researchers studying ... > full story -
Left And Right Ears Not Created Equal As Newborns Process Sound, Finds UCLA/UA Research
September 10, 2004 — Challenging decades of scientific belief that the decoding of sound originates from a preferred side of the brain, UCLA and University of Arizona scientists have demonstrated that right-left ... > full story -
Short Term Memory's Effectiveness Influenced By Sight, Sound
September 1, 2004 — For decades scientists have believed that people can only remember an ordered list of about seven items at a time--such as seven grocery items or seven digits of a phone number--but new research from ... > full story -
Tinnitus Patients Need Not Suffer In Silence
August 1, 2004 — Oregon Health & Science University researchers report that in some cases, underlying conditions -- infections, high blood pressure, hypothyroidism, diabetes or autoimmune disorders -- contribute ... > full story -
The Blind Really Do Hear Better
July 23, 2004 — Researchers at the Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI), McGill University and at the Université de Montréal have shown that the blind really do hear notes more precisely but only if ... > full story
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