People who use British Sign Language (BSL) have better reaction times in their peripheral vision, a new study from the University of Sheffield has found.
Tag: Hearing / Deafness
Is seeing believing? People are not good at identifying where sights, sounds originate
Study by UCLA psychologists reveals that our senses are far from flawless.Our vision and hearing aren’t as reliable as we might think, according to a study by life scientists at UCLA.
Why focusing on a visual task will make us deaf to our surroundings
Concentrating attention on a visual task can render you momentarily ‘deaf’ to sounds at normal levels, reports a new UCL study funded by the Wellcome Trust.
NHS accessible information standard welcomed by hearing loss charity
A long-awaited information standard launched July 3 by NHS England that will improve healthcare for millions of people has been welcomed by the UK’s largest hearing loss charity, Action on Hearing…
Short stays in darkness can boost hearing, study shows
Music experts often say that blind performers like Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder are good examples of how not being able to see can enhance one’s ability to hear. Now, a new neuroscience study appears to support this – it found preventing sight for as …
Brain depends on vision to hear University of Utah engineers show
University of Utah bioengineers discovered our understanding of language may depend more heavily on vision than previously thought: under the right conditions, what you see can override what you hear. These findings suggest artificial hearing devices …
Blind People May Be Able To Locate Their ‘Inner Bat’
New research from the University of Southampton has shown that blind and visually impaired people have the potential to use echolocation, similar to that used by bats and dolphins, to determine the location of an object…
Blind People May Be Able To Locate Their ‘Inner Bat’
New research from the University of Southampton has shown that blind and visually impaired people have the potential to use echolocation, similar to that used by bats and dolphins, to determine the location of an object…
In Mouse Model Of Usher Syndrome, Researchers Develop Rx For Deafness, Impaired Balance
Jennifer Lentz, PhD, Assistant Professor of Otorhinolaryngology & Biocommunications and a member of the Neuroscience Center of Excellence at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, is the lead author of a paper reporting that hearing and balance can be rescued by a new therapy in a mouse model of Usher syndrome (Usher) that contains the mutation responsible for type 1C Usher…