New System Might Help Reading Lips Through Face Masks
A new system capable of reading lips with remarkable accuracy even when speakers are wearing face...
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Researchers Find More Evidence That Left Hemisphere Plays Role in Speech Analysis
Until now, it has been assumed that the spoken word arises in the left side of the brain and is analyzed by the right side. According to accepted doctrine, this means that when we learn to speak English and, for example, practice the sound equivalent to “th,” the left side of the brain controls the motor function of the articulators like the tongue, while the right side analyzes whether the produced sound actually sounds as we intended.
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Oticon Study Finds Inner Ear Mechanism for Speech Processing
The research, conducted by researchers from Oticon and Interacoustics on an international team, revealed another function in the inner ear that detects the acoustic details in speech before it is converted into information for the brain.
Schwann Cell Disruption May Lead to Hidden Hearing Loss, Researchers Find
In research published in “Nature Communications,” University of Michigan researchers report a new unexpected cause for this auditory neuropathy, a step toward the eventual work to identify treatments.
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CIB2 Protein Found to be Part of Sound Wave Translation Process
The findings were published June 29 in “Nature Communications.“ The study is reportedly the first to illuminate in detail how a particular protein, which is known as CIB2, allows hearing to work.
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Researchers Identify Brain Factors Linked to Success of Cochlear Implants
Using data from brain imaging techniques that enable visualizing the brain’s activity, a neuroscientist at the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and a Parisian ENT surgeon have managed to decipher brain reorganization processes at work when people start to lose their hearing, and thus predict the success or failure of a cochlear implant among people who have become profoundly deaf in their adult life. The results of this research may be found in Nature Communications.
Read MoreNIH Researchers Discover Key Factor in Early Auditory System Development
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have uncovered a molecule in an animal model that acts as a key player in establishing the organization of the auditory system.
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