Late last year, the US Food and Drug Administration announced that certain types of hearing aids can now be sold over the counter, allowing individuals with hearing loss to buy these critical medical ...

Although the basic outlines of human hearing have been known for years – sensory cells in the inner ear turn sound waves into the electrical signals that the brain understands as sound – the molecular ...

The way in which we experience music and speech differs from what has until now been believed. This is the conclusion of a study by researchers at Linköping University, Sweden, and the Oregon Health ...

Hearing aids are quietly undergoing a revolution, shifting from simple sound amplifiers to wearable computers that can read ...

Many parents think that a newborn will respond to sounds as they get older, but hearing problems often go unnoticed. Early ...

While our brains provide us with a tremendous amount of information about the sounds we hear and what they mean to us, at the most basic level, our auditory system answers two major questions about ...

Over the last decade, I’ve noticed myself becoming that guy at parties and dinners. You know — the one who always busts up a conversation with a “Say again?” or a “Can you repeat that?” Years of ...