You hear a phone ring or a dog bark. Is it yours or someone else's? You hear footsteps in the night—is it your child, or an intruder? Friend or foe? The decision you make will determine what action you take next. Researchers ...
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A single application of the novel compound AC102 almost completely restores noise-induced hearing loss in preclinical models. This is the key finding of a recent publication in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ...
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A trio of neuroscientists at Aix Marseille Université in France, working with a psychologist colleague from the University of Connecticut in the U.S., has discovered what they believe to be the mechanism in the brain that ...
Music has been central to human cultures for tens of thousands of years, but how our brains perceive it has long been shrouded in mystery.
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A new study by a University of Toronto Mississauga psychology student has identified an intriguing difference in how babies relate to the voices of male and female adults.
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Music, often referred to as the universal language, is known to be a common component in all cultures. Could "musical instinct" be something that is shared to some degree, despite the extensive environmental differences among ...
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For children, the world is full of surprises. Adults, on the other hand, are much more difficult to surprise. And there are complex processes behind this apparently straightforward state of affairs. Researchers at the University ...
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Ear infections are a common childhood experience, but a new study suggests parents should take these infections seriously to preserve their children's language development. That's because each ear infection can potentially ...
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Parents moaning over the noise from a new Christmas toy is a time-honored holiday tradition.
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A new study from Mass Eye and Ear investigators shows that individuals who report tinnitus, which presents as a ringing in the ears in more than 1 out of 10 adults worldwide, are experiencing auditory nerve loss that is not ...
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