Hearing : Science World Report

Oct 21, 2016 04:40 AM EDT

Your Brain, Not Your Ears May Be Causing Your Hearing Impairment

Researchers linked hearing disabilities to the brain, not ears.

Feb 24, 2016 07:23 AM EST

What Bats are Telling Us About Directional Hearing in Humans

When you're talking with a person in a crowded place, you can focus your attention on the conversation you're having while ignoring the ones happening around you. But how is this possible?

Feb 23, 2016 07:26 AM EST

How Do Animals' Ears Work: How Birds, Lizards and Frogs Hear with Directional Hearing

How does direction hearing work in animals?

Feb 21, 2016 07:36 AM EST

Losing Your Senses? Multisensory Losses Impact Older Adults

Previous studies link loss of one's senses-including taste, smell, touch, vision, and hearing-to an increased risk of cognitive decline, poor mental health and increased mortality.

Feb 18, 2016 11:27 AM EST

Sensory Loss Affects 94 Percent Of Older Adults

The University of Chicago conducted a study that showed a staggering 94 percent of adults between 57 and 85 had at least one sensory deficit.

Jan 13, 2016 10:37 AM EST

An Earful: How Did Mammals Develop Hearing?

Researchers examined the evolution of hearing among mammals, where they focused on how mammals developed more sensitive hearing than reptiles.

Dec 09, 2015 12:28 PM EST

'Inattentional Deafness' Cuts Off Sound From Your Environment

Being too focused on a task can make you "temporarily deaf," according to a recent study.

Oct 08, 2015 11:14 AM EDT

Repeating Aloud May Help Boost Memory

Saying things aloud may help to boost your verbal memory, according to a recent study published in the journal Consciousness and Cognition.

Sep 28, 2015 01:19 PM EDT

Evolution: Ancient Human Fossils Reveal Our Hearing Patterns Resembled Chimpanzees'

Scientists have taken a closer look at some human fossils dating back at two million years ago, and have found that ancient hearing patterns resembled those of chimpanzee.

Sep 26, 2015 08:46 PM EDT

2-Million-Year-Old Fossils Reveal How Our Ancestors Heard Sounds

Early hominins heard the world very differently than modern humans, according to a recent study published in the journal Science Advances.

Sep 02, 2015 07:39 AM EDT

Bat Echolocation Images Reveal How These Animals View Their World

Scientists are learning a bit more about bat hunting habits. They've created the first visual images from echolocation to show how these nocturnal creatures sense their world.

May 18, 2015 11:34 AM EDT

Our Expectations Of Sound May Influence What We Hear, Study Shows

Researchers are looking to determine what shapes how we hear sound. According to researchers at Bournemouth University's, the expectation of what we're about to hear may instanteously shape how our sound is processed.