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Most U.S. Children Now Use Headphones Regularly. Is Their Hearing at Risk?
Headphones and earbuds could be bad for kids’ ears. Here’s how parents can limit the volume
Most U.S. Children Now Use Headphones Regularly. Is Their Hearing at Risk?
Headphones and earbuds could be bad for kids’ ears. Here’s how parents can limit the volume
New Glasses Can Transcribe Speech in Real Time
Glasses that provide subtitles for conversations could be a boon to people with hearing loss
Can Your Body’s Response to Music Predict Hit Songs? A New AI Study Claims It Can
A new study suggests AI can analyze cardiac activity to predict whether a song will be a hit before it’s released. But some hit-song scientists are skeptical
A Rare Form of Dementia Can Unleash Creativity
Frontotemporal dementia can release the creative potential of the brain’s visual areas
Snakes Can Hear You Scream, New Research Reveals
Not only can snakes hear sounds traveling through the air, researchers find, but different species react differently to what they hear
Voice Training Is a Medical Necessity for Many Transgender People
Multiple strategies—including speech therapy—can help those whose voice and gender identity are not aligned and can improve their quality of life
How the Brain Tells Apart Important and Unimportant Sensations
Several recent studies point to a small, long-overlooked structure in the brain stem as a crucial gatekeeper for the body’s signals
COVID Can Cause Strange Eye and Ear Symptoms
From conjunctivitis to vertigo, coronavirus infections can affect disparate senses
Cord-Blood Research Sits Poised for Therapeutic Discovery
Whenever one examines any area of scientific inquiry, there are two important things to understand: where the science is today, and where it may lead us in the future.
Hearing: It's Not Just For Your Ears Anymore
Everyone learns about the senses from when we are very young. We smell with our noses, taste with our tongues, see with our eyes, touch with our skin, and listen with our ears ...
Try This at Home: Let Your Ears Move Your Eyes / DIY: Let Your Ears Move Your Eyes
A simple exercise reveals how the ear’s vestibular system affects your vision.
Bionic Ears Boosted by Gene Therapy and Regrown Nerves
The performance of cochlear implants has been improved with the use of gene therapy, suggesting a new avenue for developing better hearing aids