A hearing system that monitors brain waves could help people with hearing loss communicate in noisy environments.

Seven participants had electrodes temporarily implanted in a brain structure important for learning. While anesthetized, ...

Like many children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), Jake Sussman struggled in elementary school, especially in areas that required quiet ...

Most hearing aids can make speech louder and soften certain background sounds, but they still struggle with the part human ...

During sleep, the brain must achieve a delicate balance: disconnecting from sensory input to allow restorative functions, while remaining alert enough to wake if danger arises. How does it sort ...

New research may provide a key to a scientific enigma: How does the awake brain transform sensory input into a conscious experience? The groundbreaking study relied on data collected from electrodes ...

Researchers developed a real-time brain-controlled hearing system that uses neural signals to identify and amplify the ...

If you scroll through social media for long enough, you’ll probably find videos claiming that listening to songs tuned to “A 432Hz” can provide an amazing sense of calmness or healing. It’s even ...

Whether it's a car door not properly closed, a shanked kick in football, or a misplaced note in music, our ears tell us when something doesn't sound right. A team of neuroscientists has recently ...

A machine learning model has helped explain how the brain recognizes the meaning of communication sounds, such as animal calls or spoken words. The algorithm described in the study models how social ...

An emerging technique harnessing ultrasound may revolutionize treatment of fatal or hard-to-cure conditions, from cancer to Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases. Prior to focused ultrasound treatment, ...