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The following are excerpts of selected lay-language papers. The entire collection can be found here: http://www.acoustics.org/press/163rd/lay_lang.html Lay-language Paper Highlights: 1. Trapping Microorganisms Using Cylindrical Standing Waves and Its Application to Water Purification 2. Auditory Depth Control: Investigation Associated Physical Parameters that Make a 3-D Sound Image Project Out of Your TV 3. Speech Perception Development in Monolingual Infants and Bilingual Infants...
Research into hearing loss after exposure to loud noises could lead to the first drug treatments to prevent the development of tinnitus Researchers in the University of Leicester's Department of Cell Physiology and Pharmacology have identified a cellular mechanism that could underlie the development of tinnitus following exposure to loud noises. The discovery could lead to novel tinnitus treatments, and investigations into potential drugs to prevent tinnitus are currently underway....
Shohet Ear Associates will be among the very first practices to be able to offer the new Lyric sizes to patients, continuing a long track record of “firsts” for the practice. Newport Beach, California (PRWEB) May 06, 2012 Shohet Ear Associates is proud to present the Lyric, an extended wear hearing device that can be worn 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, for months at a time. Because it sits completely in the ear canal, it is 100% invisible and cannot be seen when worn. Previously, only...
CENTENNIAL, Colo., May 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Cochlear Americas, the world's leading implantable hearing solutions company, announced today the launch of its smartphone support application for Nucleus® Cochlear Implant recipients. The Nucleus Support App joins the Baha® Support App as part of Cochlear's mobile support initiative, which provides information and assistance to recipients whenever and wherever they need it. (Photo:...
- National Tinnitus Awareness Week is May 13-19, 2012 - PORTLAND, Ore., May 1, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Tinnitus Association (ATA) is celebrating National Tinnitus Awareness Week (TAW), May 13 - 19, 2012. This year, ATA is "going for gold" in its efforts to raise awareness and encourage people across the United States and around the world to help educate people about "ringing in the ears." (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120501/DC97522LOGO) The...
Dual language speakers better able to encode basic language sounds and patterns A Northwestern University study that will be published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) provides the first biological evidence that bilinguals' rich experience with language in essence "fine-tunes" their auditory nervous system and helps them juggle linguistic input in ways that enhance attention and working memory. Northwestern bilingualism expert Viorica Marian teamed up with...
Device could make cochlear implants more convenient Cochlear implants have restored basic hearing to some 220,000 deaf people, yet a microphone and related electronics must be worn outside the head, raising reliability issues, preventing patients from swimming and creating social stigma. Now, a University of Utah engineer and colleagues in Ohio have developed a tiny prototype microphone that can be implanted in the middle ear to avoid such problems. The proof-of-concept device has...
Insomnia can have a negative effect on the tinnitus, worsening the functional and emotional toll of chronic ringing, buzzing, hissing or clicking in the head and ears, according to a new study from Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. Detroit, Michigan (PRWEB) April 19, 2012 For the more than 36 million people plagued by tinnitus, insomnia can have a negative effect on the condition, worsening the functional and emotional toll of chronic ringing, buzzing, hissing or clicking in the head and...
In a discovery that could help instructors better teach deaf children, a team of University of Chicago researchers has found that a gesture-sign mismatch made while explaining a math problem suggests that a deaf child is experiencing a teachable moment. Through a series of experiments with 40 deaf children, ages nine through 12, all of whom were fluent in American Sign Language, researchers were able to distinguish between ASL signs and gestures that look like the gestures hearing children...
HARRISBURG, Pa., March 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Labor & Industry's Office for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing will host a hearing loss expo in Butler County on Friday, March 30 featuring more than 50 organizations from across Pennsylvania, Labor & Industry Secretary Julia Hearthway announced today. "The expo is a great opportunity for citizens to learn about hearing loss, technology and the services Pennsylvania offers," Hearthway said. "It's also an...
Latest Auditory system Reference Libraries
The ear is an organ from the auditory system that collects sounds, and also balances and enables body position. Formation and Orientation The ear can be broken down into the inner and outer ears. The outer part of the ear is the visible flap (auricle) and ear canal which collects sounds which create pressure that echoes through the middle ear. The inner ear, however, is embedded in the temporal bone. There are hollow areas of the inner ear that are filled with liquids and hair cells...
In 1861 Adam Politzer of Vienna spent much time studying the air movement in the Eustachian tubes and the ear canal. He would measure the air movement by attaching a manometer, a very large gauge, to the ear canal and the pharynx. He developed an apparatus known as the Politzer bag in 1863 which is a less invasive way to clear the Eustachian tubes. Procedure Politzerization, also known as the Politzer maneuver, is a medical procedure which inserts air in the middle ear while the patient...
The incus (anvil) bone is an anvil-shaped small bone in the middle ear. It connects the malleus to the stapes. This bone was first described by Alessandro Achillini of Bologna. This bone also transmits sound vibrations from the malleus to the stapes. The incus bone is only found in mammals. The bone, which is derived from a reptilian upper jaw bone (the quadrate bone), embryologically derives from the first pharyngeal arch along with the rest of the bones of mastication, such as the...
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