An artist illustration of two "small mice", also known as Microtherulum oneirodes, based on the mammalian fossil discovered in Northeast China's Liaoning province. [Photo/chinanews.com] A new study ...

Curated by Richmond/Brooklyn-based label, Out of Your Heads Records, the inaugural Ossicles Fest will feature two nights of music that is many years in the making. The concept involves attracting ...

The tympanic ring (TR) is an important component of the middle ear, and its developmental abnormalities can lead to serious consequences such as hearing loss. Prenatal identification of deep middle ...

It is not related to higher level language or cognitive difficulties but rather stems from deficits in the neural processing of sounds. Children with CAPD may struggle to make sense of what they hear, ...

I have been writing this blog since 2018, reporting on misophonia research and helping others with the disorder. As the research develops, there are always new topics to write about. Yet I also strive ...

Scientists at PSI were able to observe the local collagen structures in an ossicle by scanning it with an X-ray beam. The different colours of the cylinders indicate how strongly the collagen bundles ...

The Purdue University Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences (SLHS) is a leader in understanding and helping patients recover from stroke-related aphasia. The disorder is most known for ...

A research team from the Kunming Institute of Zoology (KIZ) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has demonstrated for the first time in non-human primates that auditory stimulation at 40 Hz ...

Inspired by owls and their amazing ability to find their prey by hearing alone, my team decided to test how good humans are at discerning sounds. We were surprised to find just how bad we are. As our ...

Hearing imaginary voices is a common but mysterious feature of schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Up to 80 percent of people with these conditions experience auditory hallucinations, hearing speech or ...

Investigators are developing a new type of auditory brainstem implant that is designed to be soft, and flexible and address limitations of models currently in use. These implants may one day benefit ...