From the Karolinska Institutet press release via ScienceDaily: Women suffering from stress-related exhaustion exhibit hypersensitivity to sounds when exposed to stress. In some cases, a sound level corresponding to a normal conversation can be perceived…
From the University of Colorado Boulder press release: A person’s style of speech — not just the pitch of his or her voice — may help determine whether the listener perceives the speaker to be…
From the Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) press release via ScienceDaily: For scientists who study the genetics of hearing and deafness, finding the exact genetic machinery in the inner ear that responds to sound waves and…
From the American Academy of Ophthalmology press release via EurekAlert!: New research shows that the use of an audio therapy known as binaural beats can significantly reduce patients’ anxiety during cataract surgery. The 141-patient study,…
From the Acoustical Society of America (ASA) press release via Newswise: Noise can be distracting, especially to a person trying to concentrate on a difficult task. Studying annoying noises helps architects design better building environments…
From the Purdue University press release by Amy Patterson Neubert via ScienceDaily: The world continues to be a noisy place, and Purdue University researchers have found that all that background chatter causes the ears of…
From the Wellcome Trust press release via MedicalXpress: Working as a piano tuner may lead to changes in the structure of the memory and navigation areas of the brain, suggests new research funded by the…
From the IOS Press press release via EurekAlert!: Sensory substitution devices (SSDs) use sound or touch to help the visually impaired perceive the visual scene surrounding them. The ideal SSD would assist not only in…
From the Massachusetts General Hospital press release via MedicalXpress: Researchers at the Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital have identified a portion of the brain responsible for determining how far away a…
From the SUNY Buffalo press release via MedicalXpress: The brain receives information from the ear in a surprisingly orderly fashion, according to a University at Buffalo study scheduled to appear June 6 in the Journal…