Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has spasmodic dysphonia, a voice disorder caused by a malfunction in the brain. Here’s what to know.

Hearing loss is often accepted as a normal part of aging, but several new bodies of research suggest that there could be a correlation between hearing impairment and cognitive function. More ...

This allowed examination of the effect of subtle individual differences in hearing ability and the function and structure of brain regions supporting speech comprehension. The first study used ...

According to the World Health Organization, almost 60% of moderate, or disabling, hearing loss is experienced by adults aged ...

Sensorineural hearing loss is a natural part of the aging process for many ... neural signals that your auditory nerve carries to your brain. Exposure to sounds louder than 85 decibels can ...

Finally, she notes, “Very often, people with hearing loss tend to withdraw from social situations where they find it ...

The study, which focused on improving hearing within noisy areas ... and noticing these subtle changes in sound is all part of the brain’s ability to process sound stimuli over time.

The first clue that they might play different roles in hearing came about 40 years ago as the result of a painstaking anatomical investigation which revealed that most of the nerve fibers that carry ...