New gene therapy improves hearing in patients with rare genetic deafness
A new international study co-led by investigators from Mass General Brigham and the Eye & ENT Hospital of…
Northwestern engineers create artificial neurons that communicate with living cells
Northwestern University engineers printed artificial neurons that don’t just imitate the brain – they talk to it. In…
‘Deafness reversed’: Scientists restore hearing in 10 patients with a single-injection gene therapy breakthrough |
A clinical study has delivered one of the clearest signs yet that gene therapy can restore hearing in…
Triassic Coelacanths May Have Heard the Ocean with Their Lungs
An analysis of two 240-million-year-old coelacanth fossils suggests a bizarre sensory adaptation: an ossified lung that transmitted sound…
Paramount deal for CNN and Warner Bros. draws concerns about news independence
Should Paramount Skydance prevail in its $111-billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, the Larry Ellison family would control…
Assessing long-term cognitive risks in ependymoma survivors
A study led by St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital assessed cognitive and communication abilities in children treated for…
Specific neurobiological link identified between hearing loss and cognitive decline
Presbycusis is a prevalent form of age-related hearing loss that also hinders speech recognition. While scientists have linked…
Gut health foods: Simple swaps to boost fibre and fix your microbiome
Processed foods tend to have less fibre – soluble, insoluble, or starch-resistant – than whole foods. These types…
67 million-year-old fossil reveals the origin of freshwater fish hearing
A tiny fossil fish from Alberta is forcing scientists to rethink a story that has sat quietly in…
Fossils upend timeline of the evolution of mammal hearing
Share this Article You are free to share this article under the Attribution 4.0 International license. A new…
Study shows AI can predict language success after cochlear implants
AI model using deep transfer learning – the most advanced form of machine learning – predicted with 92…
Smart headphones may solve the ‘cocktail party problem’
Share this Article You are free to share this article under the Attribution 4.0 International license. Researchers have…