Neuroscientists are converging on a detailed picture of how the human brain carves continuous speech into words, drawing on ...

Clear hearing is essential for staying connected. Yet, for many, hearing challenges create barriers to communication and cognitive well-being. Tahoe Family Hearing Clinic is bridging that gap with ...

When a person remembers their friend telling them a funny story, they associate the sound of that friend talking with the appearance of that friend speaking and laughing. How does the human brain form ...

When we are engaged in a task, our brain's auditory system changes how it works. One of the main auditory centers of the brain, auditory cortex, is filled with neural activity that is not sound driven ...

Early childhood curriculum strengthens music skills that support reading achievement I have been BLOWN away by what the ...

Sounds you consciously perceive affect your brain differently than sounds you don't, a recent Yale study found. For the study, researchers played participants a series of tones—ranging in intensity ...

An international research team has uncovered the next frontier in monitoring brain health, and the key is in technology that ...

Hearing voices or sounds in the shower is often a harmless brain illusion called auditory pareidolia, experts explain.

This post is part one of a series. Speaking feels like the most natural thing in the world. You think a thought, open your mouth, and words tumble out in perfect sequence. Yet this apparent simplicity ...

This procedure is used to treat total deafness in both ears caused by damage to the vestibulocochlear nerve as a result of tumours or surgery. Removal of vestibulocochlear nerve tumours and placement ...