Hearing

How Hearing Works

What do you hear? How do you hear? A complex process turns sounds around us into signals that the brain interprets.

Hear and Now

As a practicing otologic surgeon with a Ph.D. in epidemiology, our author tells us what we’ve learned and what we still need to know about the relationship between hearing loss and cognitive decline in older adults.on education and personal development.

Podcast with Frank Lin, author of Hear and Now

Frank Lin, M.D., Ph.D., author of our Cerebrum magazine story “Hear and Now,” discusses his research and policy making role regarding a link between hearing loss, dementia, and cognitive function.

Tinnitus, The Troublemaker in Your Brain

There is still no cure for tinnitus, but a new model suggests how the mystery ringing could arise so quickly.

The Senses: Hearing

Hearing is a mechanical sense. It turns physical movement into the electrical signals that make up the language of the brain, translating these vibrations into what we experience as the world of sound.

Senses: Hearing

Sound Effects: The Link Between Hearing Loss and Cognitive Decline

Dana Foundation grantee Jonathan Peelle on how even slight deficits in “normal” hearing levels can lead to changes in how sound is processed.

Finding the Rhythm of Literacy

Dana grantee Nina Kraus and her lab discovered that synchronization ability, like tapping your foot along to a beat, matches the rapid brain activity linked to reading, language and phonological skills. Understanding children’s rhythmic strengths and bottlenecks could help teachers help them improve language skills.

Can Hearing Loss Predict—or Lead to—Cognitive Decline?

Possible links between impaired hearing and loss of cognitive abilities raise the tantalizing possibility that restoring hearing could slow cognitive decline.

The Arts and the Brain: What Does Your Brain See? What Does Your Brain Hear?

When you listen to music or look at a painting, your brain is busy.