How mice ‘listen’ with their whiskers

Mice don’t just use their whiskers as a sense of touch.

Tommi Anttonen, Postdoctoral research associate, University of Oxford • conversation
June 20, 2025 ~7 min

Your left and right brain hear language differently − a neuroscientist explains how

Left and right brains hear speech differently, yet how this divide forms was unclear − until mouse studies showed each hemisphere runs on its own developmental clock.

Hysell V. Oviedo, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Research, Washington University in St. Louis • conversation
June 4, 2025 ~7 min


Chronic stress contributes to cognitive decline and dementia risk – 2 healthy-aging experts explain what you can do about it

Even small lifestyle changes – such as more social interaction and a better diet – can help reduce stress.

Martin J. Sliwinski, Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, Penn State • conversation
May 28, 2025 ~10 min

Significant gaps in NHS care for patients who are deaf or have hearing loss, study finds

A majority of individuals who are deaf or have hearing loss face significant communication barriers when accessing care through the National Health Service

Cambridge University News • cambridge
May 7, 2025 ~6 min

Algorithm could help solve hearing aids’ ‘cocktail party problem’

A brain-inspired algorithm could improve word recognition accuracy in noisy situations by up to 40 percentage points.

Boston University • futurity
April 28, 2025 ~8 min

Researchers created sound that can bend itself through space, reaching only your ear in a crowd

By combining ultrasound with a concept called nonlinear acoustics, you can create sound that stays silent until it reaches a specific location.

Yun Jing, Professor of Acoustics, Penn State • conversation
March 17, 2025 ~7 min

Make Indian Sign Language official language and open more schools for deaf and hard-of-hearing students, study advises

Around one in five (over 19%) of India’s deaf and hard-of-hearing children were out-of-school in 2014, according to a survey conducted for the Indian

Cambridge University News • cambridge
March 17, 2025 ~6 min

Discovery sheds light on how you hear faint sounds

A new discovery provides important insights into how faint sounds entering the human cochlea can be amplified enough for us to hear them.

Yale • futurity
Feb. 3, 2025 ~5 min


For healthy hearing, timing matters

Machine-learning models let neuroscientists study the impact of auditory processing on real-world hearing.

Jennifer Michalowski | McGovern Institute for Brain Research • mit
Jan. 14, 2025 ~7 min

US Approves Apple AirPods to Be Used as Hearing Aids

VOA Learning English • voa
Nov. 6, 2024 ~5 min

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