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New Breed of Mice Retains Great Hearing (and Sex Lives) in Old Age
Hearing MouseA good listener and a great lover, even in its old ageScientists cross mice that have normal hearing with prolific breeders to get the best of both worlds in a new super mouse A group of...
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Targeted Video Compression Brings Cell Phones to Sign Language Users
Sign Language Compression via IdleModeMost people use the video camera on their phone for bootlegging concert footage or recording drunken antics. But for the deaf, to whom cellphones' audio capability...
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Lip-Reading Cell Phones Could Enable Silent Conversation
Hunka Hunka Burning Love Mike Lewis, via Flickr.comOne the problems with cellphones is that they force personal conversations out into the world. Arguing with your spouse? Speaking your PIN and Social...
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Infrared Light Pulses Could Make Better Bionics for Deafness, Blindness and More
Cochlear ImplantWikimedia CommonsOptical signals could be used instead of electrical signals to stimulate cells in the body, scientists say. In a new study, researchers at the University of Utah used...
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Video: An Automatic Text-To-Sign-Language Translation System
NHK's Animated Sign Language TranslatorJapanese researchers at NHK Science & Technology Research laboratories are developing an animated sign language translation system that automatically converts...
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Sony's Subtitling Glasses for the Hearing Impaired Show Captions Directly to...
Sony's Subtitling GlassesBBCThere are a lot of people out there dealing with some degree of hearing disability--one in six, by some estimates--and that audience is typically underserved when it comes...
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How It Works: A Laser-Powered Ear Implant to Boost Hearing
Directly stimulating human cells with light Hearing loss from weapons and explosive devices has been the No. 1 disability in this country's modern military conflicts, saddling thousands of veterans...
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Video Device Reads American Sign Language and Translates It Into Audible English
Sign language can greatly improve the communication capability of hearing-impaired people, but there's still a major barrier in that most people don't understand it. New prototype gadgets could change...
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Why Deaf People Don't Achoo When They Sneeze
Gross.James Gathany for the CDCYou may not know it, but peer pressure influences what you sound like when you sneeze. Sneezing feels-and is-so involuntary, yet apparently you do still have some control...
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New Breed of Mice Retains Great Hearing (and Sex Lives) in Old Age
Hearing Mouse A good listener and a great lover, even in its old age A group of leading researchers working on hearing loss have created mice whose hearing worsens as they age, as mirror counterparts...
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Targeted Video Compression Brings Cell Phones to Sign Language Users
Sign Language Compression via IdleModeMost people use the video camera on their phone for bootlegging concert footage or recording drunken antics. But for the deaf, to whom cellphones' audio...
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Lip-Reading Cell Phones Could Enable Silent Conversation
Hunka Hunka Burning Love Mike Lewis, via Flickr.comOne the problems with cellphones is that they force personal conversations out into the world. Arguing with your spouse? Speaking your PIN and Social...
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Infrared Light Pulses Could Make Better Bionics for Deafness, Blindness and More
Cochlear Implant Wikimedia Commons Optical signals could be used instead of electrical signals to stimulate cells in the body, scientists say. In a new study, researchers at the University of Utah...
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Video: An Automatic Text-To-Sign-Language Translation System
NHK's Animated Sign Language Translator Japanese researchers at NHK Science & Technology Research laboratories are developing an animated sign language translation system that automatically...
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Sony's Subtitling Glasses for the Hearing Impaired Show Captions Directly to...
Sony's Subtitling Glasses BBCThere are a lot of people out there dealing with some degree of hearing disability--one in six, by some estimates--and that audience is typically underserved when it comes...
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How It Works: A Laser-Powered Ear Implant to Boost Hearing
Inner Ear Diagram High-frequency sound produces a vibration peak near the oval window, whereas low frequencies will stimulate receptors near the apex of the cochlea, as the diagram shows. Information...
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Video Device Reads American Sign Language and Translates It Into Audible English
MyVoice Translator University of Houston Sign language can greatly improve the communication capability of hearing-impaired people, but there's still a major barrier in that most people don't...
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Why Deaf People Don't Achoo When They Sneeze
Gross. James Gathany for the CDC Sneezing feels—and is—so involuntary, yet apparently you do still have some control over what you say when you sneeze. "Achoo!" is particular to English speakers, the...
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Most people use the video camera on their phone for bootlegging concert footage or recording drunken antics. But for the deaf, to whom cellphones' audio capability is moot,…
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One the problems with cellphones is that they force personal conversations out into the world. Arguing with your spouse? Speaking your PIN and Social Security number to a…
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