Scientists in the Auditory Neuroscience Laboratory at Northwestern University have developed a new diagnostic tool that can quickly and objectively identify disordered auditory processing of sound, a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SAN DIEGO — A newly developed auditory-based test could assess and monitor cognitive function in previously ...

A coma patient’s chances of surviving and waking up could be predicted by changes in the brain’s ability to discriminate sounds, new research suggests. Recovery from coma has been linked to auditory ...

In an auditory test, the target had to be recognized among 5 new sounds. (2) In the "visual-auditory" test, the subject was presented with a visual stimulus and had to recognize its corresponding ...

Older adults struggling to follow conversations in noisy rooms may be showing the earliest signs of cognitive decline, not just age-related hearing loss. A growing body of neurophysiology research ...

Summary: A new study discovered that randomly played sounds during sleep can actively impair memory consolidation. By utilizing real-time electroencephalography (EEG) monitoring, the researchers ...

A new study, using Mongolian gerbils as an animal model, demonstrated for the first time that trans-tympanic infrared laser stimulation of the cochlea ...