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Scientists discover molecular defect involved in hearing loss
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 13, 2009 |
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Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute have elucidated the action of a protein, harmonin, which is involved in the mechanics of hearing. This finding sheds new light on the workings of mechanotransduction, the process ...
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Listen to Headphones Without Blocking Out the World
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 31, 2008 |
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A new set of headphones can enable music lovers to enjoy their music while still hearing the outside world at the same time. Outi´s Vibe Body Sound headphones use bone conduction technology to send vibrations ...
Over-the-counter eardrops may cause hearing loss or damage
Jan 28, 2008 |
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A new study, led by researchers at The Montreal Children’s Hospital (MCH) of the MUHC, has revealed that certain over-the-counter earwax softeners can cause severe inflammation and damage to the eardrum and inner ear. The ...
Preventing ear infections in the future: Delivering vaccine through the skin
May 21, 2009 |
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An experimental vaccine applied the surface of the skin appears to protect against certain types of ear infections. Scientists from the Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, report their ...
St. Jude finds 'dancing' hair cells are key to humans' acute hearing
May 07, 2008 |
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St. Jude Children's Research Hospital investigators have found that an electrically powered amplification mechanism in the cochlea of the ear is critical to the acute hearing of humans and other mammals. The findings will ...
Snakes Hear in Stereo
May 16, 2008 |
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Physicists from the University Munich in Germany and the University of Topeka, Kansas have strong new evidence that snakes can hear through their jaws. Snakes don't have outer ears, leading to the myth that they can't hear ...
Desert Snake Hears Mouse Footsteps with its Jaw
Feb 13, 2008 |
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Just a few decades ago, some scientists doubted that snakes could hear at all. Snakes lack an outer ear and external ear openings, making it difficult to understand how the reptiles receive acoustic vibrations.
Study solves mystery of mammalian ears
Jul 29, 2007 |
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A 30-year scientific debate over how specialized cells in the inner ear amplify sound in mammals appears to have been settled more in favor of bouncing cell bodies rather than vibrating, hair-like cilia, according to investigators ...
Paleontologists discover a new Mesozoic mammal
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 08, 2009 |
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA…An international team of paleontologists has discovered a new species of mammal that lived 123 million years ago in what is now the Liaoning Province in northeastern China. The ...
Hearing on the wing: New structure discovered in butterfly ears
Oct 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A clever structure in the ear of a tropical butterfly that potentially makes it able to distinguish between high and low pitch sounds has been discovered by scientists from the University ...
Study examines function of prosthetic ears in improving hearing, speech recognition
Sep 15, 2008 |
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Prosthetic ears appear to improve hearing and speech recognition in noisy environments, according to a report in the September/October issue of Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery.
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