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People with tinnitus – a constant ringing or buzzing in the ears – can take heart from a new study by UC Berkeley neuroscientists that points to several new strategies for alleviating the problem.
Tag: hearing
Research News Brief
June 12, 2013:
Research News Brief: Neuroscientists find that people summarize sound sequences in a study that could help improve speech recognition programs and hearing aids.
Scientists decode brain waves to eavesdrop on what we hear
January 31, 2012:
Stroke victims or paralyzed people unable to speak may someday be able to communicate via synthesizers that decode their internal speech and play it back. That hope comes from research by UC Berkeley neuroscientists Brian Pasley and Robert Knight, who have successfully decoded brain waves to predict what a person heard.
Our brains are wired so we can better hear ourselves speak, new study shows
December 8, 2010:
Like the mute button on the TV remote control, our brains filter out unwanted noise so we can focus on what we’re listening to. But when it comes to following our own speech, a new brain study from UC Berkeley shows that instead of one homogenous mute button, we have a network of volume settings that can selectively silence and amplify the sounds we make and hear.
