Researchers identify the Functional-Structural Ratio (FSR) as the biological link between age-related hearing loss and cognitive decline, offering a potential new biomarker for dementia risk.

In A Nutshell Brain scans of 110 adults show that in people with age-related hearing loss, certain brain regions can’t maintain adequate activity levels as tissue shrinks A memory-related region ...

Clear hearing is essential for staying connected. Yet, for many, hearing challenges create barriers to communication and cognitive well-being. Tahoe Family Hearing Clinic is bridging that gap with ...

Older adults lose their ability to hear concrete sounds first, and with this loss come the more difficult aspects of hearing: the fuzzy edges of speech. As your hearing deteriorates, you are likely to ...

Speech perception and recognition constitute essential cognitive functions that enable individuals to transform acoustic signals into meaningful linguistic constructs. This process involves the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The findings support the efficacy and feasibility of long-term, auditory-based cognitive training for people ...

Hwan Shim is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology and the Principal Investigator of the Music and Audio Cognition Lab (MACL, https://rit.edu/macl/ ...

New research conducted by the Center for BrainHealth at The University of Texas at Dallas investigates the impact of binaural beat (BB) on language skills. BB is a sound that occurs when two slightly ...

The Comparative Cognition and Perception Lab conducts research in animal cognition and perception. It studies a variety of topics including visual and auditory object perception, biosonar, tool use, ...

Awareness and understanding of misophonia are growing. Here are five key advances that are pushing the field forward.

Auditory processing disorder (APD) is when the brain cannot interpret sounds correctly. People may also refer to APD as central auditory processing disorder. People with APD may find it difficult to ...