Stroke impacts speech sound integration, not speed, study reveals
Following stroke, some people experience a language disorder that hinders their ability to process speech sounds. How do their…
Blinking suppression reveals how the brain filters speech in noisy environments
Blinking is a human reflex most often performed without thinking, like breathing. Although research on blinking is usually…
Pandemic lockdown measures linked to increased developmental concerns in young children
Lockdown and social distancing measures during the Covid-19 pandemic were associated with increased developmental concerns about young children…
Speech feature identification model for depressed individuals with suicidal ideation based on autobiographical memory | BMC Psychiatry
McCarron RM, Shapiro B, Rawles J, Luo J. Depression. Ann Intern Med. 2021;174(5):ITC65–80. Google Scholar Goodwin GM, Croal…
Specialized neurons help the brain detect where words begin and end
Why is it so easy to hear individual words in your native language, but in a foreign language…
Sussan Ley to call for urgent action on defence in Menzies Institute speech
Opposition Leader Sussan Ley says Australia is unprepared for a rapidly deteriorating strategic environment and will use a…
Evaluating the link between sound quality, speech recognition and cochlear implant-related quality of life outcomes
More than a million people around the world rely on cochlear implants (CIs) to hear. CI effectiveness is…
Genetic and behavioral link found between musicality and language skills
In a paper published in Nature Communications, researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck…
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese vows to defend democracy at UK Labour conference
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has hailed the UK-Australia relationship as he vowed to “defend democracy itself” alongside “my…
Free speech pathologist sessions turning poor literacy rates around in Logan
Shaye Austine says her first born, Isla, never missed a milestone when she was a baby, from crawling,…
Jimmy Kimmel returns with emotional monologue defending free speech
Jimmy Kimmel is back, and in his first public words since ABC benched him, he ardently defended free…
Rapid neuronal evolution linked to high prevalence of autism in humans
A new paper in Molecular Biology and Evolution, published by Oxford University Press, finds that the relatively high…