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Key Cellular Mechanisms Behind the Onset of Tinnitus Identified
May 10, 2012 — Research into hearing loss after exposure to loud noises could lead to the first drug treatments to prevent the development of ... > full story -
Scientists Tuning in to How You Tune out Noise
May 8, 2012 — Although we have little awareness that we are doing it, we spend most of our lives filtering out many of the sounds that permeate our lives and acutely focusing on others – a phenomenon known ... > full story -
The Risk of Listening to Amplified Music
May 8, 2012 — Listening to amplified music for less than 1.5 hours produces measurable changes in hearing ability that may place listeners at risk of noise-induced hearing loss, new research ... > full story -
'Blindness’ May Rapidly Enhance Other Senses
May 8, 2012 — Not only is there a real connection between vision and other senses, but that connection is important to better understand the underlying mechanisms that can quickly trigger sensory changes, ... > full story -
Cocktail Party Acoustics: How Humans Perceive Sound in Noisy and Complex Environments
May 8, 2012 — For the ears, a cocktail party presents a chaotic scene: glasses clink, voices buzz, light piano music may waft down from the stage. A group of researchers is trying to understand how the brain makes ... > full story -
Hearing and Touch Have Common Genetic Basis: Gene Mutation Leads to Impairment of Two Senses
May 1, 2012 — New research shows that hearing and touch have a common genetic basis. In patients with Usher syndrome, a hereditary form of deafness accompanied by impaired vision, researchers have discovered a ... > full story -
Restoring Hearing With Discrete Device: A Middle-Ear Microphone for More Convenient Cochlear Implants
April 30, 2012 — Cochlear implants have restored basic hearing to some 220,000 deaf people, yet a microphone and related electronics must be worn outside the head, raising reliability issues, preventing patients from ... > full story -
Clues to Reverse Cognitive Deficits in People With Neurological Disorders
April 26, 2012 — The ability to navigate using spatial cues was impaired in mice whose brains were minus a channel that delivers potassium — a finding that may have implications for humans with damage to the ... > full story -
Even Positive Stereotypes Can Hinder Performance, Researchers Report
April 24, 2012 — Does hearing that you are a member of an elite group – of chess players, say, or scholars – enhance your performance on tasks related to your alleged area of expertise? Not necessarily, ... > full story -
Smoking, but Not Nicotine, Reduces Risk for Rare Tumor, Study Suggests
April 23, 2012 — New research confirms an association between smoking and a reduced risk for a rare benign tumor near the brain, but the addition of smokeless tobacco to the analysis suggests nicotine is not the ... > full story
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