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…
Breastfeeding at six months boosts children’s IQ and academic skills into adolescence
A UK study finds that children breastfed at six months show measurable gains in IQ, reading, and math…
AI detects early signs of laryngeal cancer from voice recordings
Cancer of the voice box or larynx is an important public health burden. In 2021, there were an…
Ready or not, age verification is rolling out across the internet
On July 25th, the UK became one of the first countries to widely implement age verification. Its Online…
Middle precentral gyrus plays key role in orchestrating speech movements
A new study from UC San Francisco challenges the traditional view of how the brain strings sounds together…