A University of Iowa faculty member will use funding from the National Institutes of Health to investigate how children with ...

Infants born deaf or hard of hearing show adverse changes in how their brains organize and specialize, but exposure to sound and language may help them develop more normally, according to new research ...

Numerous studies have linked untreated hearing loss to a higher risk of cognitive decline and dementia. Addressing hearing ...

For much of the 20th century, scientists believed that the adult human brain was largely fixed. According to this view, the ...

As they age, some people find it harder to understand speech in noisy environments. Now, UB researchers have identified the area in the brain, called the insula, that shows significant changes in ...

Choose the right earplugs or earmuffs: Buy earplugs or earmuffs with a Noise Reduction Rating of at least 22 decibels. This number, listed on the product package, tells you how much sound the product ...

Imagine you’re at a bustling dinner party filled with laughter, music, and clinking silverware. You’re trying to follow a conversation across the table, but every word feels like it’s wrapped in noise ...

Artificial intelligence was built to process data, not to think like us. Yet a growing body of research is finding that the internal workings of advanced language and speech models are starting to ...