People generally don’t confuse the sounds of singing and talking. That may seem obvious, but it’s actually quite impressive—particularly because we can usually differentiate between the two even when ...

Hearing the sound of their mother's voice promotes development of language pathways in a premature baby's brain, according to ...

An international study changes the view that exposure to the toxic metal lead is largely a post-industrial phenomenon. The ...

Hearing a mother’s voice helps premature babies’ brains grow faster and develop stronger language connections.

Scientists have developed brain implants that can decode internal speech — identifying words that two people spoke in their minds without moving their lips or making a sound. Although the technology ...

Most research focuses on global languages like English, French or Chinese. Hawaiian voices have largely been left out.

BUFFALO, N.Y. – As they age, some people find it harder to understand speech in noisy environments. Now, University at Buffalo researchers have identified the area in the brain, called the insula, ...

At the age of 45, Casey Harrell lost his voice to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Also called Lou Gehrig’s disease, the disorder eats away at muscle-controlling nerves in the brain and spinal ...

Marking a breakthrough in the field of brain-computer interfaces (BCIs), a team of researchers from UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco has unlocked a way to restore naturalistic speech for people with ...