The FDA has approved an autism evaluation tool for children 16 to 30 months old. Developed by EarliTec Diagnostics, EarliPoint Evaluation uses eye-tracking technology on a portable tablet.

The system measures more than 120 focal preferences ...

Mounting evidence indicates that treating hearing loss reduces the risk of cognitive decline and dementia.

For example, Johns Hopkins researchers calculated that people with hearing loss would develop cognitive impairment in less than eight ...

A new study conducted at the Lyon Neuroscience Research Center, France, has found that regular musical rhythms can help children with speech and language processing difficulties improve their ability to repeat sentences.

Developmental language ...

Strong language skills are crucial for achieving academic and social success — and when parents provide children with enthusiastic language support at home, their language skills grow.

The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) ...

Noise-induced hearing loss is permanent, meaning there is no healing after the damage has occurred. Broken air cells do not grow back.

While you know that loud noise contributes to hearing loss, did you know that the vibrations from fireworks ...

Auditory fatigue is a common experience for people of all ages with hearing loss. Take Ruth. She meets a colleague for coffee to catch up, but after an hour, she's ready to escape to a quiet place. Then there's Harry. At a family gathering, he struggles ...

Regular internet use in older adults is associated with a lower risk of dementia. Following over 18,000 older adults, researchers ...

Wearing two hearing aids helps improve sound quality, speech understanding (clearer conversations), sound localization, and brain performance. It also helps mask tinnitus better and allows for better long-distance hearing.

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New research into the acoustic properties of Stonehenge has revealed that it acted as an echo chamber, amplifying sound from inside the circle while shielding noise from outside.

This discovery has led researchers to speculate that the monument ...