Medical research
Researchers test device to help deaf children detect sounds
At age 3, Angelica Lopez is helping to break a sound barrier for deaf children.
Feb 13, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study recommends exposing deaf children to sign language before and after cochlear implantation
Many researchers and clinicians advise the parents of a deaf child waiting for a cochlear implant to avoid sign language and focus exclusively on spoken language.
Apr 25, 2024
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Helping deaf people to enjoy music again
Researchers from the University of Southampton are investigating how to help deaf people, who have received a cochlear implant, to get more enjoyment from music.
Jun 23, 2011
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Software helps deaf and hearing communities interact
For most Americans, communication is an oral endeavor. We learn to speak and read through sound, to distinguish between hard and soft k's, to make the hiss of a double "s" or the slight lisp of a "th."
Jul 23, 2015
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Neuroscience
Mild-to-moderate hearing loss in children leads to changes in how brain processes sound
Deafness in early childhood is known to lead to lasting changes in how sounds are processed in the brain, but new research published today in eLife shows that even mild-to-moderate levels of hearing loss in young children ...
Oct 1, 2019
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Neuroscience
Deaf brain processes touch differently, study shows
People who are born deaf process the sense of touch differently than people who are born with normal hearing, according to research funded by the National Institutes of Health. The finding reveals how the early loss of a ...
Jul 10, 2012
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Medical research
Novel drug therapy partially restores hearing in mice
A small-molecule drug is the first to preserve hearing in a mouse model of an inherited form of progressive human deafness, report investigators at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, and the National Institutes of Health's ...
Jun 28, 2018
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Health
Mental health problems twice as prevalent in deaf people
A Review in this week's Lancet says that mental health problems are about twice as prevalent in deaf people compared with the general population, and also reports disparities in access to and quality of mental health care ...
Mar 15, 2012
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Psychology & Psychiatry
It is all in the hands
We all know that feedback from ‘educators’ is very important; especially when it is related to the correct execution of an activity.
Aug 19, 2011
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Brain anatomy differences between deaf, hearing depend on first language learned
In the first known study of its kind, researchers have shown that the language we learn as children affects brain structure, as does hearing status. The findings are reported in the Journal of Neuroscience.
Apr 15, 2014
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