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Scientists identify molecular cause for one form of deafness

Scientists exploring the physics of hearing have found an underlying molecular cause for one f...pin linkers, a kind of rescue attempt at restoring hearing could, in principle, be made. "We have identified the underlying molecular cause for one form of d...

Noise echoes in cell communications

...Their findings could lead to major improvements in hearing aid technology. Dawei Hong, an assistant professo...a single explanation of the properties of noise in hearing under different conditions. To develop the theory, Hong used a variation on the wavelet technique, w...

Dinosaur hearing, listening to muscle noise, quieter cubicles

How did the hearing of dinosaurs compare to that of present-day animal...their ancestors faced, and even to reconstruct the hearing abilities of extinct animals such as dinosaurs and early mammals. According to the University of Ma...

New research shows sharks use their noses and bodies to locate smells

...ral line. At high doses it has been known to cause hearing and equilibrium problems in humans, senses that are also based on hair cells. Sharks with their lateral lines intact demonstrated a preference for the odor plume over the seawater plume and, more specifically, for the odor source with the higher ...

Eavesdropping comes naturally to young song sparrows

...d of two months the young birds were isolated from hearing one another or the tutors. The second phase of the study began when the birds were about 8 months old. This time only two of the adult tutors were used. Each young bird was paired up with an adult in a large chamber and their vocal interactions ...

New vaccine prevents CMV infection and disease in mice

...rcent of those children will show symptoms such as hearing loss, mental retardation, motor or learning disabilities. Because the host’s natural immune system can protect from the disease but can’t rid the body of the virus, people remain infected and can become re-infected or infect others through saliva. ...

Gene responsible for common hearing loss identified for first time

...ne responsible for the single most common cause of hearing loss among white adults, otosclerosis, has been id...nvironmental factors. The outcome is a progressive hearing loss as the growing bone in the middle ear interrupts the sound waves passing to the inner ear. Whil...

St. Jude study solves mystery of mammalian ears

...cats, humans and other mammals have such sensitive hearing and the ability to discriminate among frequencies. The work also highlights the importance of basic hearing research in studies into the causes of deafness. A report on this work appears in the advanced onlin...

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