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New Hearing Device Isolates Voices
New Hearing Device Isolates Voices
An experimental hearing aid differentiates speakers and monitors the wearer’s brain activity to amplify the one she is trying to listen to.
New Hearing Device Isolates Voices
New Hearing Device Isolates Voices

An experimental hearing aid differentiates speakers and monitors the wearer’s brain activity to amplify the one she is trying to listen to.

An experimental hearing aid differentiates speakers and monitors the wearer’s brain activity to amplify the one she is trying to listen to.

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A light gray mouse against an orange background listens to tiny headphones
Journey to the Center of the Ear
Niki Spahich, PhD | Aug 28, 2023 | 5 min read
An aqueduct connecting the brain to the ear may make gene therapy for hearing loss less invasive.
CRISPR Helps Mice Hear
Abby Olena, PhD | Dec 20, 2017 | 3 min read
Researchers reduce the severity of hereditary deafness in mice with the delivery of CRISPR-Cas9 protein-RNA complexes that inactivate a mutant gene in their inner ears. 
Optogenetic Therapies Move Closer to Clinical Use
Shawna Williams | Nov 16, 2017 | 6 min read
With a clinical trial underway to restore vision optogenetically, researchers also see promise in using the technique to treat deafness, pain, and other conditions.
Understanding Music Heard Through Cochlear Implants
Jef Akst | Mar 1, 2017 | 4 min read
Music sounds very different to cochlear implant users. Researchers are trying to improve the experience.
Reprogramming Hair Cells
Joshua A. Krisch | Feb 21, 2017 | 1 min read
Researchers isolate stem cells from the mouse cochlea and convert them into auditory hair cells, potentially paving the way for therapies to treat hearing loss.
Katie Kindt's Quest to Understand Hair Cells
Karen Zusi | Sep 1, 2016 | 3 min read
Acting Chief, Section on Sensory Cell Development and Function, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. Age: 38
Year in Review: Hot Topics
Jef Akst | Dec 20, 2015 | 3 min read
In 2015, The Scientist dove deep into the latest research on aging, HIV, hearing, and obesity.
Week in Review: November 2–6
Jef Akst | Nov 6, 2015 | 3 min read
How Ebola hides from immune cells; gut microbes’ role in immunotherapy response; new mechanisms of hearing loss; butterflies use milkweed toxins to ward off predators
New Route to Hearing Loss Mapped
Kerry Grens | Nov 5, 2015 | 3 min read
Deficiency in a protein called pejvakin makes inner ear cells more vulnerable to sound, unable to brace themselves against oxidative stress stimulated by noise. 
Hurdles for Hearing Restoration
Bernd Fritzsch | Sep 1, 2015 | 4 min read
Given the diverse cell types and complex structure of the human inner ear, will researchers ever be able to re-create it?
Handicapable
Kate Yandell | Sep 1, 2015 | 4 min read
Meet Tilak Ratnanather, the deaf biomedical engineer who mentors hard-of-hearing students headed for STEM careers.
The Upside
Amanda B. Keener | Sep 1, 2015 | 4 min read
Researchers explore the benefits of hearing loss and impairment.
Hear and Now
Mary Beth Aberlin | Sep 1, 2015 | 3 min read
Auditory research advances worth shouting about
Contributors
Amanda B. Keener | Sep 1, 2015 | 3 min read
Meet some of the people featured in the September 2015 issue of The Scientist.
Hearing Help
Kate Yandell | Sep 1, 2015 | 10+ min read
For decades, the only remedies for hearing loss were devices such as hearing aids or cochlear implants. Now, the first pharmaceutical treatments may be on the way.
 
The Bionic Ear
The Scientist Staff | Aug 31, 2015 | 1 min read
See the latest in cochlear implants from the University of New South Wales, Australia.
Dual Adaptation in Deaf Brains
Sabrina Richards | Feb 12, 2013 | 3 min read
The brains of people who cannot hear adapt to process vision-based language, in addition to brain changes associated with the loss of auditory input. 
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