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Intelligent hearing aids: technology to tune out background noise
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- Published on 24 October 2013
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Richard Turner, an engineer with the Computational Perception Group in the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge in the UK, is working on technology that aims to identify corrupting ambient noise and to remove these sounds selectively using a statistical approach.
How is sound amplified in the cochlea?
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- Published on 23 October 2013
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The ciliated cells in the cochlea are the motor for hearing. The internal cells transmit sound to the brain, while the external ones amplify the sound. Without them, our surroundings would be nearly impossible to hear (the sensitivity is increased by approximately 60 dB).
New compound with potential to prevent noise-related hearing loss
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- Published on 14 October 2013
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Scientists at the Oregon Hearing Research Center at the Oregon Health and Science University (USA) carried out a new study in mice to assess the molecular mechanisms underlying noise-induced hearing loss, with associated tinnitus and sound hypersensitivity.
Type 2 diabetes mellitus and hearing loss
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- Published on 07 October 2013
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A recent review and meta-analysis published in The Laryngoscope has found that the incidence of mild hearing loss is significantly higher in individuals with type 2 diabetes than in age-matched controls, and that auditory brainstem response (ABR) wave V latencies are longer in diabetics.
The Italian SUN Test out to conquer America
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- Published on 02 October 2013
Researchers at the Italian National Research Council working at the Milan Institute of Biomedical Engineering (ISIB) have developed a new screening method that is taking the analysis of how well people understand speech in noisy environments out into the real world.
It is being used more and more, including by academics worldwide, and has recently been highlighted in the American Journal of Audiology.
Eat less for better hearing
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- Published on 02 October 2013
Calorie restriction seems to have the effect of slowing down the effects of aging on the body. But could it also be beneficial to presbyacusis? This seems to be the case, at least in rats, according to a recent study performed by researchers at Karolinske Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden.
Fruit fly model for the study of hearing loss
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- Published on 30 September 2013
New research has shown that the common fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, has a hearing system very similar to our own, at least on a molecular level.
Small sooglossid frogs able to hear without a middle ear
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- Published on 18 September 2013
Researchers at the CNRS (French National Center for Scientific Research) have discovered that one of the world’s smallest terrestrial tetrapods, Gardiner's frog (Sechellophryne gardineri), is able to communicate without a middle ear or tympanic membrane.
New findings on how the ear hears could lead to better hearing aids
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- Published on 16 September 2013
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Language skills of bilingual children with hearing loss
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- Published on 09 September 2013
