by Leila Jameel, Imogen Bell, Neil Thomas and Rachel Brand, The Conversation A screenshot from HekaVR, the software used in the Australian AMETHYST trial. Credit: HekaVR, CC BY-NDHave you ever heard something that others cannot—such as your name being called? Hearing voices or other noises that aren’t there is very common. About 10% of people...
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Deaf boy can now hear after breakthrough gene treatment
Aissam Dam, third from left, was born ‘profoundly deaf’ because of a highly rare abnormality in a single gene.His father’s voice, the sounds of passing cars and scissors clipping his hair: An 11-year-old boy is hearing for the first time in his life after receiving a breakthrough gene therapy. The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)...
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Spiral brain-computer interface slips into ear canal with no loss of hearing
by Bob Yirka, Medical Xpress Design of in-ear bioelectronics. a Schematic diagram of in-ear EEG recording by SpiralE. b Pictures of SpiralE conformally adapting to the inner wall of the ear canal. Upper-right inset is a photograph captured by a medical endoscope. Lower-right inset shows the irregular three-dimensional structure of SpiralE after removal form ear....
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Study finds that when one eye is occluded, hearing improves almost immediately
by IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca The illustration wants to suggest that the brain continuously adapts to cope with available visual inputs. Due to the strict interdependence between vision and audition, a change in the first affects the second, keeping the equilibrium between them. Credit: Carlo Gazzi The senses represent our gates to receive...
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Scientists discover mechanism of hearing
by Oregon Health & Science University Caenorhabditis elegans. Credit: Wikipedia Scientists at Oregon Health & Science University have revealed, for the first time and in near-atomic detail, the structure of the key part of the inner ear responsible for hearing. “This is the last sensory system in which that fundamental molecular machinery has remained unknown,”...
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How our hearing can be influenced by our eyes
By Rich Haridy, December 10, 2020 New research found looking in the direction of a sound enhances auditory attention New research is building on the novel suggestion that our ability to effectively hear something is somewhat influenced by the position of our eyes. The Boston University-led study has found auditory attention seems to be fundamentally intertwined with...
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Two molecular handshakes for hearing
by Laura Arenschield, The Ohio State University Scientists have learned more about the ear at the molecular level, a finding that could help them understand how and why people lose the ability to hear. We hear sounds in part because tiny filaments inside our inner ears help convert voices, music and noises into electrical signals that...
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Researchers identify role of protein in development of new hearing hair cells
by Deborah Kotz, University of Maryland School of Medicine A surface view of the organ of hearing (cochlea) from a mouse, using confocal microscopy. The sensory cells are named hair cells because of their apical projections (stereocilia) which move from stimulation by sound. Credit: University of Maryland School of Medicine Researchers at the University of Maryland...
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UBC research shows hearing persists at end of life
Hearing is widely thought to be the last sense to go in the dying process. Now UBC researchers have evidence that some people may still be able to hear while in an unresponsive state at the end of their life. This research, published recently in Scientific Reports, is the first to investigate hearing in humans...
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Treating vision and hearing problems early can contribute to longer years in good health
by Duke-NUS Medical School Older adults aged 60 years and above with vision and hearing impairments may enjoy fewer years of life and health span compared to those with no impairments. Detecting and managing these conditions early could prolong the duration of life lived in good health by older adults, according to a study recently...
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