We found that the use of neural responses to sound to infer how well hearing aids—a common first form of intervention—provide access to speech is similar in children to that found in adults.
Balance Control in People With Hearing or Vestibular Loss in One Ear
Patients with hearing loss in one ear appear to have more conscious control over their response to sensory cues in their environment, resulting in a more deliberate control of balance with less degrees of freedom to respond to changes in the environment, almost like a guarding behavior.
Code Art
Generative art is defined by the use of an autonomous system that can produce imagery with minimal intervention by the artist, after writing the algorithm.
Emerging Research Grants Applications Are Open
The ERG program is a competitive process that awards grants to only the most promising investigators. Recipients are exceptionally well-positioned to win funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other major federal funders, leading to dramatic innovations in the field.
Meet the 2023 Emerging Research Grants Scientists
The ERG program is a competitive process that awards grants to only the most promising investigators. Recipients are exceptionally well-positioned to win funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other major federal funders, leading to dramatic innovations in the field.
Impact 2022
Improving How to Assess Speech Production
During typical conversational interactions, humans use over 100 different muscles in the vocal tract to produce up to six to nine syllables per second, which is one of the fastest types of motor behavior.
Common Imaging Test for the Heart Applied to the Inner Ear
The research team is using medical imaging involving the use of a tracer—a small amount of radioactive material that will allow radiologists to see what’s occurring inside the ear.
In Memoriam: Bryan Pollard of Hyperacusis Research
Bryan Pollard single-handedly created an entirely new diagnosis in the field of otology—pain hyperacusis—and worked tirelessly on behalf of those who suffered from it. He would become the most prominent patient-activist and the driving force for promoting research nationally focused on this condition.
$12.5 Million NIH Grant Awarded to Continue Hidden Hearing Loss Research
Funding from the grant extends support of four projects at Mass Eye and Ear that aim to clarify the prevalence, nature, and functional consequences of hidden hearing loss in humans. The work promises to inform cellular-based diagnosis and development of future therapies.