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Researchers Urge Caution When Buying Noisy Toys
December 16, 2011 — While Road Rippers Lightning Rods, Let's Rock Elmo and the I Am T-Pain musical microphone might be sought-after gifts this holiday season, parents should ensure that their children don't risk ... > full story -
Tinnitus Discovery Could Lead to New Ways to Stop the Ringing: Retraining the Brain Could Reanimate Areas That Have Lost Input from the Ear
September 12, 2011 — People with tinnitus -- a constant ringing or buzzing in the ears -- can take heart from a new study by neuroscientists that points to several new strategies for alleviating the problem. In ... > full story -
Growth Hormone Helps Repair the Zebrafish Ear
September 2, 2011 — Loud noise, especially repeated loud noise, is known to cause irreversible damage to the hair cells inside the cochlea and eventually lead to deafness. In mammals this is irreversible. However, both ... > full story -
Acoustic Cloaking Device Echoes Advances in Optical Cloaking
August 15, 2011 — Sound waves that would normally bounce and scatter off objects may be coaxed into slipping past them as if they weren't there, according to a new study that suggests the potential of an acoustical ... > full story -
Motorcycle Helmets Hard on Hearing
July 29, 2011 — Motorcycle helmets, while protecting bikers' brains, may also be contributing to hearing loss. Scientists mapped the airflow and noise patterns to find out ... > full story -
Loudest Animal Is Recorded for the First Time
July 1, 2011 — The loudest animal on Earth, relative to its body size, is a tiny water boatman, scientists have shown. The sound is within human hearing range and at 99.2 decibels it represents the equivalent of ... > full story -
Cotton Swabs Prove Problematic for Ear Health
April 28, 2011 — A new study shows a direct association between cotton swab use and ruptured eardrum. The study also shows that in most cases the rupture heals on its own and surgery is only necessary for the most ... > full story -
Tinnitus Caused by Too Little Inhibition of Brain Auditory Circuits, Study Finds
April 18, 2011 — Tinnitus, a relentless ringing in the ears known to disable soldiers exposed to blasts, unwary listeners of too-loud music and millions more, is the result of under-inhibition of key neural pathways ... > full story -
It’s Not Over When It's Over: Storing Sounds in the Inner Ear
April 5, 2011 — Research shows that vibrations in the inner ear continue even after a sound has ended, perhaps serving as a kind of mechanical memory of recent sounds. In addition to contributing to the ... > full story -
Scientist Studies Frogs and Fish for Answers to Human Hearing
March 18, 2011 — Scientists are exploring the molecules and tissues necessary for normal inner ear development in two different species that are model organisms for developmental biological studies: the African ... > full story
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