Cochlear implants—small, surgically implanted electronic devices that enable someone who is deaf or severely hard of hearing to hear—are used by more the 325,000 people worldwide. While the devices ...

Clear hearing is essential for staying connected. Yet, for many, hearing challenges create barriers to communication and cognitive well-being. Tahoe Family Hearing Clinic is bridging that gap with ...

The auditory brain receives sound information sent from lower levels of the auditory system and acts as a relay station for auditory perception. In individuals with sensorineural hearing loss, sound ...

A Northwestern University study suggests Mom was right when she insisted you continue music lessons even after it was clear that a professional music career was not in your future. The study is the ...

Specialized brain training targeted at the regions of a rat’s brain that process sound reversed many aspects of normal, age-related cognitive decline and improved the health of the brain cells, ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 115, No. 51 (December 18, 2018), pp. 13129-13134 (6 pages) Musical training is associated with a myriad of ...

Cochlear implants are among the most successful neural prostheses on the market. These artificial ears have allowed nearly one million people globally with severe to profound hearing loss to either ...

Recent studies have shed light on a fascinating connection between intelligence quotient (IQ) and auditory processing. These ...

Cognitive decline is a virtually universal aspect of the aging process. However, its neurophysiological basis remainspoorly understood. We describe here more than 20 age-related cortical processing ...