Birth Weight and Poor Growth Linked to Later Hearing and Vision Problems
A study of up to 433,390 UK adults, led by The University of Manchester, has linked being under and overweight...
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September 16, 2019 / Hearing Loss
September 16, 2019 / General News
Babies Need Free Tongue Movement to Decipher Speech Sounds
University of British Columbia - Inhibiting infants' tongue movements impedes their ability to distinguish between speech sounds, researchers with the...
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September 16, 2019 / Hearing
AG Bell Board Welcomes New Member – Howard W. Francis, M.D., MBA
WASHINGTON, D.C. – October 15, 2015 – The Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (AG...
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September 16, 2019 / Hearing
AG Bell Board Welcomes New Member – Howard W. Francis, M.D., MBA
University of British Columbia - Inhibiting infants' tongue movements impedes their ability to distinguish between speech sounds, researchers with the...
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September 16, 2019 / Medical/Surgical
Ringing in the Ears and Chronic Pain Enter by the Same Gate
Neuroscientists locate gatekeeping system for 'phantom' sensations.Technical University of Munich (TUM) - Tinnitus and chronic pain have more in common...
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September 16, 2019 / Hearing
‘Indefatigable Hearing’ – a Molecular Clearance Mechanism Enables Synapses to Continuously Release Transmitter
Auditory neuroscientists discover bottleneck of information flow in the ear and pave the way for gene therapy of deafness. Publication...
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September 16, 2019 / Hearing Loss
New Computer Program Predicts Success of Cochlear Implants in Hearing-Impaired Children
CINCINNATI, Oct. 12, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new computer program that analyzes functional brain MRIs of hearing impaired children can...
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September 16, 2019 / General News
Drug Used to Treat Cancer Appears to Sharpen Memory
Rutgers research provides clues to keeping brain cells alive in those with Alzheimer's.Rutgers University - Can you imagine a drug...
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September 16, 2019 / General News
Sony, Disney, Netflix Among Eight Major Motion Picture and Television Studios Named in AG Bell Members’ Lawsuit
Lawsuit for not captioning song lyrics in movies and TV shows.WASHINGTON, D.C. – Although Netflix, Sony, Disney, Paramount, Warner Bros....
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September 16, 2019 / General News
2-Million-Year-Old Fossils Reveal Hearing Abilities of Early Humans
BINGHAMTON, NY - Research into human fossils dating back to approximately two million years ago reveals that the hearing pattern...
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