NIH Researchers Find How Sound Reduces Pain in Mice
An international team of scientists has identified the neural mechanisms through which sound reduces pain in mice, according to an announcement on the National Institutes of Health (NIH) website.
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Researchers Find New Brain Connections in Misophonia
Previously, misophonia had been considered a disorder of sound processing. This new research suggests that alongside this there is an abnormal type of communication between the brain's hearing center, the auditory cortex, and the areas of the ventral pre-motor cortex that are responsible for movement of the face, mouth, and throat.
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Research Shows Benefit of Access to All Sounds in Environment
Studies conducted by Eriksholm Research Centre found that natural brain function first processes the entire sound scene before focusing or selectively attending to the sound of interest. Researchers point out that the findings have significant implications for hearing aid design, challenging traditional approaches that let conventional technology decide what the brain needs to attend to.
Research Finds Sound Exposure May Help Hearing in Fragile X Syndrome Patients
The results suggest that facilitating exposure to sounds during early age can restore communication between brain cells that have been altered by the gene mutation that leads to FXS.
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Researchers Study Mechanism of Voice Decoding and Amplification in Auditory Cortex
This newfound knowledge also stands to spur development of hearing-aid technologies and brain-computer interfaces that more closely resemble the brain.
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Harsh Sounds May Activate Brain Area Involved in Salience and Aversion
Neuroscientists from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and Geneva University Hospitals (HUG), Switzerland, have been analyzing how people react when they listen to a range of different sounds, the aim being to establish the extent to which repetitive sound frequencies are considered unpleasant
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Researchers Find Connection Between Tinnitus, Brain Inflammation
Inflammation in a sound-processing region of the brain mediates ringing in the ears in mice that have noise-induced hearing loss, according to researchers.
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Researchers Find Connection Between Tinnitus, Brain Inflammation
Inflammation in a sound-processing region of the brain mediates ringing in the ears in mice that have noise-induced hearing loss, according to researchers.
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Researchers Identify Brain Regions in Blind Individuals Responsible for Sharpened Auditory Function
Research has shown that people who are born blind or become blind early in life often have a more nuanced sense of hearing, especially when it comes to musical abilities and tracking moving objects in space (imagine crossing a busy road using sound alone). For decades scientists have wondered what changes in the brain might underlie these enhanced auditory abilities.
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CILcare Initiates Second Phase of Tinnitus Research Project DETECT
In Phase 1, CILcare was reportedly able to correlate electrophysiology, manganese-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MEMRI), and behavioral assessments that define a preclinical model for detecting tinnitus. In Phase 2, CILcare will adapt the preclinical model to humans.
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Cortical Neuroplasticity in Hearing Loss: Why It Matters in Clinical Decision-Making for Children and Adults
With a better understanding of cortical brain changes associated with hearing loss, the potential to develop objective brain-based tools (ie, biomarkers) increases. These tools may help clinicians determine when a patient should receive intervention, what kind of intervention or rehabilitation would be ideal, and may offer the ability to monitor how well a chosen intervention or rehabilitation method is working. Prominent researchers Anu Sharma and Hannah Glick explain why.
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Visual Cues May Help Amplify Sound, University College London Researchers Find
Looking at someone’s lips is good for listening in noisy environments because it helps our brains amplify the sounds we’re hearing in time with what we’re seeing, finds a new University College London (UCL)-led study.
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Columbia Engineering Researchers Make Progress Toward Development of Cognitively-Controlled Hearing Aids
A cognitive hearing aid that constantly monitors the brain activity of the subject to determine whether the subject is conversing with a specific speaker in the environment would be a dream come true.
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Auditory Cortex is Nearly Identical in Deaf and Hearing People, Study Finds
Harvard University researchers and colleagues have found that the neural architecture in the auditory cortex—the part of the brain that processes sound—is virtually identical in deaf and hearing people. The study raises new questions about the role of experience in processing sensory information.
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Scientists Discover Norepinephrine Helps Sort Auditory Signals
A study of zebra finches reveals that norepinephrine, a neuromodulator, aids the brain in sorting complex auditory signals for hearing in noisy environments.
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Brain Study Explores Gift of Perfect Pitch
Neuroscientists researching the neuronal basis of perfect pitch or “absolute pitch” have discovered this rare gift may be due to a functional link between the brain’s auditory cortex and frontal lobe.
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