People with autism spectrum disorders commonly have difficulty processing sensory information, which can make busy, bright or loud settings—such as schools, airports and restaurants—stressful or even ...

A new Northwestern University study suggests sex hormones differentiate hearing in male versus female brains. It is well known that males and females throughout the animal kingdom process sound ...

A team of researchers at the Ear Institute, University College London has found that the sound-processing algorithms used in hearing aids can degrade the ability of hearing-impaired people to ...

"Yet no one has looked closely at the role played by the ear in processing auditory signals." Scientists have long understood that the auditory regions of the two halves of the brain sort out sound ...

Any sound can now be perfectly replicated by a combination of whistles, clicks, and hisses, with implications for sound processing across the media landscape. Researchers have been looking for ways to ...