Research
Study provides new insights into the McGurk effect
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- Published on 21 February 2017
Speech Perception
In new research, published in PLOS Computational Biology, researchers have created an algorithm to reveal a key insight into why the brain can sometimes muddle up visual speech (mouth movements) with auditory speech (sounds).
“Users can tolerate more noise without losing speech intelligibility”
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- Published on 16 February 2017
INTERVIEW
Audio Infos Spain met Enrique López-Poveda, Director of the Degree in specialisation in audiology USAL and head of research team in charge of developing the technology to reproduce natural binaural audition.
MED-EL: “The initial results of our tests make us very optimistic"
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- Published on 15 February 2017
INTERVIEW
Audio Infos Spain interviewed Julio Rodrigo, General Manager of MED-EL Spain and Portugal, regarding their patent of a new processor to improve intelligibility in noisy environments.
Gene-delivery therapy to restore hearing
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- Published on 12 February 2017
Animal Study
The Harvard Gazette’s Health & Medicine column recently reported on the use of a specific virus, the adeno-associated virus (AAV), as a gene carrier into the inner ear.
A new processor to reproduce natural binaural audition
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- Published on 10 February 2017
CI
The Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Salamanca and MED-EL are developing a technology that can restore or reproduce the binaural mechanisms of the human brain.
William Demant appoints senior scientist Thomas Lunner as Fellow
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- Published on 09 February 2017
Appointment
For the first time ever William Demant appointed a Fellow by honoring senior scientist Thomas Lunner for his contributions to cognitive hearing sciences.
New diagnostic tool to identify tinnitus in animals
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- Published on 26 January 2017
Tinnitus
A research team from Wayne State University, Michigan USA has developed a new system for assessing tinnitus in test animals, aimed at improving the results of research in this field, reports ScienceDaily.
Iron deficiency anemia and hearing loss
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- Published on 16 January 2017
IDA
A large-scale retrospective cohort study has found that iron deficiency anemia (IDA) was positively associated with sensorineural hearing loss and combined hearing loss.
New study in mice: even short-term hearing impairment changes neurotransmitters
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- Published on 11 January 2017
NEUROLOGY
Researchers from the University of Buffalo, New York, USA, have found that short-term occlusion of the ear canal can lead to remarkable changes in auditory neurotransmitters with altered behavior and structure of nerve cells.
Silent gaps between birdsong syllables are the key to species-specific learning
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- Published on 10 January 2017
Language Learning
A study in finches carried out in Japan has identified a key mechanism involved in species identification based on the silent gaps between birdsong syllables.
