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Google adds automatic captions to YouTube
Nov 19, 2009 |
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Google, in a significant development for the deaf, announced on Thursday it was adding automatic caption capability to videos on YouTube.
Turn On, Tune In, Develop? Researchers Examine How Brain Benefits From Musical Training
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 06, 2009 |
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For most people music is an enjoyable, although momentary, form of entertainment. But for those who seriously practiced a musical instrument when they were young, perhaps when they played in a school orchestra ...
A sound practice: Cochlear implants restore children's hearing
Nov 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Ava Martin seems less nervous than her parents as the three sit in an audiologist’s office at UC Irvine Medical Center a few days after Labor Day. In August, the 6-year-old had surgery to place a cochlear ...
Stimulating sight: New retinal implant developed
Sep 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Inspired by the success of cochlear implants that can restore hearing to some deaf people, researchers at MIT are working on a retinal implant that could one day help blind people regain a ...
Apollo moon rocks lost in space? No, lost on Earth
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 13, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Attention, countries of the world: Do you know where your moon rocks are?
Findings could lead to improved lip-reading training for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
Sep 10, 2009 |
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A new study by the University of East Anglia suggests computers are now better at lip-reading than humans.
Portuguese award goes to Helen Keller nonprofit
Sep 05, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The Helen Keller International nonprofit organization has won a $1.4 million prize from a Portuguese foundation for its work in preventing blindness in the developing world, the foundation said Friday.
Scientists identify genetic cause for type of deafness
Sep 03, 2009 |
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A team led by scientists from The Scripps Research Institute has discovered a genetic cause of progressive hearing loss. The findings will help scientists better understand the nature of age-related decline in hearing and ...
Gene discovery reveals a critical protein's function in hearing
Aug 21, 2009 |
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Discovery of a deafness-causing gene defect in mice has helped identify a new protein that protects sensory cells in the ear, according to a study led by University of Iowa researchers. The findings, which ...
Neural pathway missing in tone-deaf people
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 18, 2009 |
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Nerve fibers that link perception and motor regions of the brain are disconnected in tone-deaf people, according to new research in the August 19 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. Experts estimate that at least 10 per ...
Hearing the words beneath the noise
Aug 05, 2009 |
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Hearing aids and cochlear implants act as tiny amplifiers so the deaf and hard-of-hearing can make sense of voices and music. Unfortunately, these devices also amplify background sound, so they're less effective in a noisy ...
Iowa 911 call center becomes first to accept texts
Aug 05, 2009 |
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An emergency call center in the basement of the county jail in Waterloo, Iowa, became the first in the country to accept text messages sent to "911," starting Wednesday.
Common allergy drug reduces obesity and diabetes in mice
Jul 26, 2009 |
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Crack open the latest medical textbook to the chapter on type 2, or adult-onset, diabetes, and you'll be hard pressed to find the term "immunology" anywhere. This is because metabolic conditions and immunologic conditions ...
Vcom3D's iPod translator device is a valuable tool for U.S. soldiers
Jul 22, 2009 |
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An Orlando company's translator program for Apple's iPod got its start years ago as a way to teach sign language to students. Today, it helps U.S. soldiers in the war-torn Middle East and United Nations peacekeepers on the ...
Corporate secrecy under the microscope after Twitter leaks
Jul 22, 2009 |
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The publication of internal documents about Twitter that were filched by a hacker caused fans to express their outrage -- before they hunkered down to read them.
