Ear&#39;s electrical missing link found
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A tiny portion of the inner ear has apparently ensured that we&#39;re wired for sound. Researchers have long sought the missing link in the ear&#39;s conversion of sound waves into electrical signals that the brain can recognize as distinct sounds.
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Bluetooth -- a short-range wireless technology -- is finally coming of age.
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Kossâs new Cobalt headphones manage to deliver wireless audio without looking like a prop from âStar Trek.â
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Challenging decades of scientific belief that the decoding of sound originates from a preferred side of the brain, UCLA and University of Arizona scientists have demonstrated that right-left differences for the auditory processing of sound start at the ear
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Scientists develop a device thousands of times smaller than a human hair that can turn radio waves into sound.
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SCIENTISTS have sounded the death knell for the plug and power lead.   In a breakthrough that sounds like something out of Star Trek, they have discovered a way of 'beaming' power across a room into a light bulb, mobile phone orlaptop computer without wires or cables.
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Experts say an "intelligent" hearing aid has the potential to help the many people who have hearing problems in both ears.
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Scientists have solved the mystery of a global hum which has plagued them since it was discovered in 1998. The constant drone at low frequencies, well below the range of human hearing, shows up in seismic
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Viagra and other impotence drugs are about to bear new warnings that users may experience sudden hearing loss.
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It seems like a cool idea &#151; sunglasses with a built-in digital music player and speakers. No headphone cables to untangle as with most portable players. Music actually riding on your ears. Zero retinal damage from ultraviolet radiation.
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Hearing loss in the elderly is linked to flaws in a specific gene, in a study by Belgian researchers.
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A novel wireless EKG monitor could make diagnosing heart conditions much easier.
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Crossing the road may soon be as straightforward -- and safe -- for blind and visually impaired people as it is for someone with good eyesight, thanks to a new device that acts as an &quot;electronic eye.
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A new, controversial theory suggests that nerves don't send signals through electrical currents, but through sound waves.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- In a perfect world, there'd be no wires. They clutter the view, get tangled behind desks and limit how far networks can reach. That's why the telegraph gave way to the radio. Cell phones unstrung telecommunications. Wi-Fi liberated computer data.
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Implantable stimulators can blunt pain with electrical impulses, but they may come with negative side effects.
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By BRIAN BERGSTEIN  CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - In a perfect world, there'd be no wires. They clutter the view, get tangled behind desks and limit how far networks can reach. That's why the telegraph gave way to the radio. Cell phones unstrung telecommunications. Wi-Fi liberated computer data.