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Joseph Shavit

Groundbreaking mobile app helps cure tinnitus

Researchers at the University of Auckland are excited by ‘encouraging results’ from a clinical trial of a mobile-phone-based therapy.

Joseph Shavit

First-ever discovery of the cells in the inner ear that enable us to hear

Researchers are first to reveal that the checkerboard-like arrangement of cells in the inner ear’s organ of Corti is vital for hearing.

Joseph Shavit

Futuristic wireless earbuds clear up calls using deep learning

Microphones in each earbud create two synchronized audio streams providing information to separate sounds coming from different directions.

Joseph Shavit

Mobile app yields major breakthrough towards curing tinnitus

The group with the polytherapeutic treatments showed clinically significant improvements at 12 weeks, while the other group did not.

Joseph Shavit

You can train your brain to hear better in chaotic and noisy environments

Researchers found that people aged 18-30 and 65-85 with normal hearing could all be trained to boost their ability to differentiate sounds.

Joseph Shavit

Mobile app provides major breakthrough towards curing tinnitus

After 20 years searching for a cure for tinnitus, researchers are excited by ‘encouraging results’ from a clinical trial of a mobile therapy

Joseph Shavit

New discovery revolutionizes the idea of how hearing works

The way in which we experience music and speech differs from what has until now been believed according to Linköping University researchers

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Patented device measures temperature and other vital parameters from the ear canal

MedSENS consists of a probe about the size of an ear-plug, which contains innovative measuring sensors; the rescuer pushes it into the ear.

Joshua Shavit

New technology hears better with skin than ears

The small, thin microphone demonstrates a wider auditory field than human ears, while it can be easily attachable to the skin.

Joseph Shavit

Smart earbud will measure how astronauts sleep

New project examines the differences between human sleep patterns on earth and in space using ear-EEG-tech developed at Aarhus University

Joseph Shavit

Human middle ear evolved from fish gills, research finds

The human middle ear houses three tiny, vibrating bones and is key to transporting sound vibrations into the inner ear that allow us to hear