In experiments, old mice were less capable than young mice of "turning off" certain actively firing brain cells in the midst of ambient noise.

Some people with cochlear implants respond better to treatment than others. How the brain adjusts to new circumstances may explain why.

"Hearing loss is one of the biggest predictors of dementia in people.... This study indicates that the same connection is at work in aging dogs."

How does your brain pick out a single voice in a large crowd? Researchers have zeroed in on a key difference in how the brain treats voices.

Which type of COVID mask makes it easiest to understand someone speaking to you? Researchers put some of the most popular designs to the test to find out.

A species of roundworm can sense and respond to sound even though they have no ears, researchers have discovered.

The right combination of sound and silence may help slow the progression of permanent hearing loss, research in mice suggests.

Light and sound move at different speeds. To make sense of the sights and sounds around you, your brain has a few tricks to account for the difference.

Age-related hearing loss affects more than 200 million adults worldwide, many of whom can't afford hearing aids. New technology aims to fix that.

Our ability to focus on one voice in a noisy room is an example of auditory attention. New research finds commonalities in birds.