Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 108, No. 37 (September 13, 2011), pp. 15516-15521 (6 pages) "Normal hearing" is typically defined by threshold ...

Increasing the expression of a protein responsible for maintaining neuron health led to better-than-normal processing of auditory information, according to a new study. The findings open the door to ...

Childhood hearing level varies considerably within the range considered normal. Four classes of outcome were investigated for associations with hearing thresholds in this range: ability to identify ...

A small group of people experience no pleasure from music despite normal hearing and intact emotions. Brain imaging reveals ...

A recent Scientific Reports study assessed whether cochlear neural degeneration occurs in normal-hearing individuals with tinnitus. Study: Evidence of cochlear neural degeneration in normal-hearing ...

A new study finds that cognitive impairment begins in the earliest stages of age-related hearing loss -- when hearing is still considered normal. Research has shown that adults with age-related ...

My 78-year-old husband has a problem that is becoming my problem. He is hard of hearing and will not consider hearing aids. I am tired of shouting and becoming increasingly annoyed. Do you have any ...