hearing

Children with auditory processing disorder may now have more treatment options, research shows
02/19/2013 - 12:03

Several Kansas State University faculty members are helping children with auditory processing disorder receive better treatment.

 

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Researcher learns mechanism of hearing is similar to car battery
01/08/2013 - 11:26

University of Iowa biologist Daniel Eberl and his colleagues have shown that one of the mechanisms involved in hearing is similar to the battery in your car.

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Scientists Identify Molecules in the Ear that Convert Sound into Brain Signals
12/07/2012 - 11:40

For scientists who study the genetics of hearing and deafness, finding the exact genetic machinery in the inner ear that responds to sound waves and converts them into electrical impulses, the language of the brain, has been something of a holy grail.

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New findings on the workings of the inner ear
10/02/2012 - 12:01

The sensory cells of the inner ear have tiny hairs called stereocilia that play a critical part in hearing. It has long been known that these stereocilia move sideways back and forth in a wave-like motion when stimulated by a sound wave. After having designed a microscope to observe these movements, a research team at Karolinska Institutet has discovered that the hairs not only move sideways but also change in length.

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General Practitioners using unreliable websites for tinnitus information: Study
09/12/2012 - 11:14

General Practitioners are not always using the most comprehensive and reliable online resources to support them in treating patients with the debilitating hearing condition tinnitus, researchers have found.

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Gene therapy for hearing loss: potential and limitations
05/11/2012 - 11:22

Regenerating sensory hair cells, which produce electrical signals in response to vibrations within the inner ear, could form the basis for treating age- or trauma-related hearing loss. One way to do this could be with gene therapy that drives new sensory hair cells to grow.

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