News tagged with human ear
Tuning in to a new hearing mechanism
More than 30 million Americans suffer from hearing loss, and about 6 million wear hearing aids. While those devices can boost the intensity of sounds coming into the ear, they are often ineffective in loud environments such ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 10, 2010 |
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Ear bones reveal spawning secrets of Lake Erie walleye
Ecologists have long believed that fish tend to return to the same river where they hatched in order to spawn. But researchers at Ohio State University have determined that the old rule doesn't always apply ...
Jul 29, 2010 |
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Gene linked to a rare form of progressive hearing loss in males is identified
A gene associated with a rare form of progressive deafness in males has been identified by an international team of researchers funded by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. The gene, PRPS1, ...
Dec 17, 2009 |
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Whales are polite conversationalists
What do a West African drummer and a sperm whale have in common? According to some reports, they can both spot rhythms in the chatter of an ocean crowded with the calls of marine mammals -- a feat impossible for the untrained ...
Oct 26, 2009 |
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Scientists identify genetic cause for type of deafness
A team led by scientists from The Scripps Research Institute has discovered a genetic cause of progressive hearing loss. The findings will help scientists better understand the nature of age-related decline in hearing and ...
Sep 03, 2009 |
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Wind power may have its own environmental problems
Wind power generation is expected to be a clean and environmentally friendly natural energy source, but a new kind of environmental problem has surfaced as infrasonic waves caused by windmills are suspected of causing health ...
Jul 05, 2009 |
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New research demonstrates humans' right ear preference for listening
We humans prefer to be addressed in our right ear and are more likely to perform a task when we receive the request in our right ear rather than our left. In a series of three studies, looking at ear preference ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 23, 2009 |
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Revolutionizing the diagnosis of serious disease
Revolutionary ultrasonic nanotechnology that could allow scientists to see inside a patient's individual cells to help diagnose serious illnesses is being developed by researchers at The University of Nottingham.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jun 02, 2009 |
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Pair of Bionic Ears Helps to Distinguish Left from Right
Can a pair of bionic ears benefit a hearing-impaired child? Cynthia Zettler, a postdoctoral fellow in Ruth Litovsky's laboratory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison thinks so.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 15, 2009 |
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