News tagged with noisy environments
The hazards of headphones
When it comes to hearing loss, a tiny iPod seems much less threatening than a rock concert but it actually may be more dangerous.
Sep 28, 2010 |
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Brain rhythm predicts ability to sleep through a noisy night
People who have trouble sleeping in noisy environments often resort to strategies like earplugs or noise-cancelling headphones that muffle the sound, but a new study from investigators at Massachusetts General ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 09, 2010 |
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Diagnosis can explain difficulties with hearing
Sarah Millsap could hear just fine. But when her boss pulled her aside at a meeting last fall, she still worried that her ears could get her fired.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 05, 2010 |
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Report Says Musicians Hear Better Than Non-Musicians
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Journal of Neuroscience reports this week that musicians are better than non-musicians at recognizing speech in noisy environments. The finding from a study conducted by neurobiologists at Nor ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 17, 2009 |
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New brain findings on dyslexic children
The vast majority of school-aged children can focus on the voice of a teacher amid the cacophony of the typical classroom thanks to a brain that automatically focuses on relevant, predictable and repeating auditory information, ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 11, 2009 |
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Hearing the words beneath the noise
Hearing aids and cochlear implants act as tiny amplifiers so the deaf and hard-of-hearing can make sense of voices and music. Unfortunately, these devices also amplify background sound, so they're less effective in a noisy ...
Aug 05, 2009 |
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How noise and nervous system get in way of reading skills
A child's brain has to work overtime in a noisy classroom to do its typical but very important job of distinguishing sounds whose subtle differences are key to success with language and reading.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 13, 2009 |
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Lip-reading computers can detect different languages
Scientists at the University of East Anglia (UEA) have created lip-reading computers that can distinguish between different languages.
Technology / Computer Sciences
Apr 22, 2009 |
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Our Health: Louder and louder world harms our hearing
So much noise. Rock concerts. Traffic. IPods. Always something in your ear. Until nature demands silence.
Feb 27, 2009 |
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