Hearing

How Do You Hear Without ‘Ears’?

History’s littered with lost ears: Van Gogh’s, Evander Holyfield’s, that ear Kyle MacLachlan finds in a field in Blue Velvet, etc. Or maybe ears is the wrong word. The weird little flesh-whorls that jut out from the sides of most of our heads are just small components of a much larger, delicately interconnected system. Remove…

Tech News Daniel Kolitz

This Small Device Could Silence the Maddening Symptoms of Tinnitus

Millions of Americans suffer from a medical condition known as tinnitus, a disorder so tormenting that it makes Edgar Allen Poe’s talking, taunting raven sound charming. But the findings of a new study, published today in Science Translational Medicine, seem to offer something promising—a noninvasive treatment that attacks the root source of tinnitus while making…

Health Ed Cara

Tech’s Biggest CEOs Are Too Chickenshit to Defend Net Neutrality

Last week, the House Energy and Commerce Committee invited the CEOs of Netflix, Facebook, Amazon, and Google’s parent company Alphabet to take part in discussions about net neutrality. Telecoms were also invited and the two groups were expected to play good cop/bad cop on the issues. Now, the committee has extended the RSVP deadline because…

Tech News Rhett Jones

This Funky Looking Hearing Aid Is the Future

I have hearing problems. It’s been a fact of life for as long as I can remember. When I heard about EarGo, I had to wonder how they’d work for me.

Reviews Adam Clark Estes

My Cyborg Ear: How a Surgeon and Titanium Cured My Lifelong Deafness

I’ve never been able to hear well. As a child, I was in and out of the hospital as doctors struggled to treat chronic ear infections that left me in throbbing pain and, eventually, relative silence. By the time I went to college, I had only one half-functioning ear drum and no hope of regaining…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

Scientists Mapped Activity In The Brain Of A Tinnitus Sufferer

Many people perceive a ringing in their ears when no sound source is present, a condition known as tinnitus. By mapping tinnitus inside the brain, scientists have shown just how complex these phantom sounds really are. Above right, the left hemisphere, and at left the primary auditory cortex. The circles show where brain activity is…

io9 George Dvorsky

Dogs And Humans Process Speech In Remarkably Similar Ways

In what will come as a surprise to virtually nobody, a new brain study shows that dogs don’t just respond to our words, they also respond to how we say them. It’s a finding that suggests dogs evolved their keen listening skills as a result of domestication. When we’re listening to someone, we’re not just…

io9 George Dvorsky

Can You Ignore Your Own Voice?

We listen to our own voice when we talk – it helps us monitor what we’re saying. But simultaneous interpreters have to translate one language into another in real time, so they learn to ignore themselves. In the 1990s Franco Fabbro and colleagues at the University of Trieste in Italy asked students to recite the…

Tech News Chris Chapman - Mosaic

The Man Who Hears Wi-Fi Signals Wherever He Goes

Frank Swain, who has been going deaf since he was in his twenties, had his hearing aids tweaked so that he could hear Wi-Fi fields wherever he goes. Swain wrote about the experience for New Scientist, describing what has become a regular part of his day. In his first-person account, Swain explains why he’s taken…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta

A Man Going Deaf Can “Hear” Wi-Fi Signals

Losing your hearing can be a frighteningly isolating experience. But instead of trying to replace the audible landscape he began losing at age 20, science writer Frank Swain decided to find a way to listen in on something humans can’t hear: the hum of Wi-Fi all around us. In this essay for New Scientist, Swain…

Tech News Alissa Walker

This Is The Most Recognizable Pop Song Ever

It takes an average of just over two seconds for most people to identify this song, which a new experiment describes as the most easily recognizable song to ever chart. But how does that work? The University of Amsterdam partnered with Manchester’s Museum of Science and Industry to conduct a year long experiment in how…

io9 Ria Misra

Dubs Earplugs Don’t Look Terrible So You Might Actually Wear Them

Dubs’ “Acoustic Filters” are snazzy new earplugs that hope to conquer one of the biggest obstacles between you and wearing crucial gear to protect your hearing. Though they’re not the first earplugs in the world, they’re some of the first that don’t look terrible. Can Dubs trick you into better hearing with design? If you…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

What Makes Your Ears Ring?

Have you been listening to SOMETHING LOUD? If so, you might have a ringing in your ears—but what, exactly, causes it? In fact, tinnitus, to give it its proper name, is a symptom of loss of hearing—which could be temporary or, sadly, permanent. In this video, Sci Show explains how and why it happens. And…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

After This Audio Illusion, You’ll Never Trust Your Ears Again

It might be a little too early in the morning to have your mind blown, but this audio illusion is worth your time because it demonstrates your brain’s uncanny ability to use new information to help process something that is otherwise incomprehensible. In the experiment a spoken sentence is turned into complete nonsense using audio…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

This Is What Life Sounds Like Through a Cochlear Implant

Being deaf is extremely difficult—but there are technological solutions that allow some people to regain at least some of their hearing. Now, you can listen to what it’s like to hear through a cochlear implant. https://gizmodo.com/being-deaf-how-different-the-world-is-without-hearing-5912623 In this video Michael Dorman, a professor of Speech and Hearing Science, gives us a chance to listen to…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Why Fingernails Down a Chalkboard Makes You Cringe

Listen to this. Irritated? Angry? Just glad it’s over? Here’s why. Your Ear After examining the results of a 2011 study, researchers have theorized that the human ear is specifically built so that: Sounds in [a certain] range are amplified due to the anatomy of the ear canal; they are literally louder to us than…

Tech News Melissa - TodayIFoundOut.com

Temporary Blindness May Give You Superhuman Hearing

Losing your sight early in life is often said to heighten other senses, particularly hearing. A new study now shows that even a short, weeklong stint in complete darkness can result in superhuman hearing, at least temporarily. This suggests that a kind of darkness therapy may help restore hearing to adults suffering from hearing loss.…

io9 Joseph Bennington-Castro

Why Does Your Voice Sound Different When It’s Recorded?

If you’ve ever listened to a recording of yourself and thought you sound completely different, you’re not alone. But more than that, you were also correct. Here’s why it sounds different. You see, when you speak, you hear your voice as other people do, but you also hear a contribution which comes from vibrations passing…

Physics & Chemistry Jamie Condliffe

Test how old your ears are with this hearing test

Ever wonder how your hearing compares to the average person your age? Give this hearing test by the folks at AsapSCIENCE a listen – then learn why you can (or can’t) hear the frequencies being played in the video. THIS IS IMPORTANT: if you want an accurate assessment, you need to adjust the video quality…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Test How Old Your Ears Are (And How Much Damage You’ve Done to Them)

Deep down we all know we shouldn’t crank our music or listen to headphones with the volume really high, but we still do. And if you’ve ever wondered if years of hard rock has done any serious damage, here’s an easy way to find out. Over time what’s known as hair cells in your ears…

Health Andrew Liszewski

How Do You Hear Without ‘Ears’?

This Small Device Could Silence the Maddening Symptoms of Tinnitus

Tech’s Biggest CEOs Are Too Chickenshit to Defend Net Neutrality

This Funky Looking Hearing Aid Is the Future

My Cyborg Ear: How a Surgeon and Titanium Cured My Lifelong Deafness

Scientists Mapped Activity In The Brain Of A Tinnitus Sufferer

Dogs And Humans Process Speech In Remarkably Similar Ways

Can You Ignore Your Own Voice?

The Man Who Hears Wi-Fi Signals Wherever He Goes

A Man Going Deaf Can “Hear” Wi-Fi Signals

This Is The Most Recognizable Pop Song Ever

Dubs Earplugs Don’t Look Terrible So You Might Actually Wear Them

What Makes Your Ears Ring?

After This Audio Illusion, You’ll Never Trust Your Ears Again

This Is What Life Sounds Like Through a Cochlear Implant

Why Fingernails Down a Chalkboard Makes You Cringe

Temporary Blindness May Give You Superhuman Hearing

Why Does Your Voice Sound Different When It’s Recorded?

Test how old your ears are with this hearing test

Test How Old Your Ears Are (And How Much Damage You’ve Done to Them)

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