Ring-busting tinnitus treatment combines sound and touch stimulation

A “bi-sensory” treatment combining precisely timed sound and touch has shown impressive results in reducing people’s experience of tinnitus, a common and debilitating form of hearing damage that presents as an incessant ringing sound in the ears.Contin… Continue reading Ring-busting tinnitus treatment combines sound and touch stimulation

Hope for age-related hearing loss with novel gene therapy

Age-related hearing loss impacts one in three adults between the ages of 64 and 75 in the US, and around half of these numbers are down to genes.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical, ScienceTags: Hearing Impaired, Hearing, Genetics, Aging, Age-Related, ge… Continue reading Hope for age-related hearing loss with novel gene therapy

3D-printed heads talk, swivel, and listen to improve audio devices

A team of researchers has created a way to inexpensively manufacture acoustic head simulators. They can help measure the way we take in and process sound – especially in noisy environments like cocktail parties.Continue ReadingCategory: TechnologyTags:… Continue reading 3D-printed heads talk, swivel, and listen to improve audio devices

Special headgear allows deaf athletes to better hear shouts and cheers

When deaf athletes with cochlear implants take part in sports like rugby, they have to wear headgear that protects the external parts of their implant. A new wearable serves that same purpose, while reportedly allowing users to hear the sounds around t… Continue reading Special headgear allows deaf athletes to better hear shouts and cheers

“Polytherapeutic” tinnitus treatment app delivers impressive results

The ringing, rushing sound of tinnitus is a complex condition. It’s caused by a range of factors, so there’s no known one-size-fits-all treatment. But researchers are reporting excellent results with a combination treatment in a smartphone app.Continue… Continue reading “Polytherapeutic” tinnitus treatment app delivers impressive results

Low-cost system uses a smartphone and earbuds to check infants’ hearing

Checking the hearing of newborns can be challenging, in that the infants can’t tell you which sounds they do or don’t hear. A new system offers an inexpensive solution to that problem, by utilizing a smartphone, earbuds and a simple microphone.Continue… Continue reading Low-cost system uses a smartphone and earbuds to check infants’ hearing

Hearing discovery reveals ear architecture that turns vibration into sound

In what’s described as a breakthrough decades in the making, scientists at Oregon State Health & Science University (OHSU) have revealed the inner ear architecture that converts vibrations into sound, in near-atomic detail. The discovery for the first … Continue reading Hearing discovery reveals ear architecture that turns vibration into sound