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Hearing Research

Researchers study hearing, language

Posted on May 7, 2007

Infant Learning Lab researchers have recently focused on learning more about people with delayed language comprehension by observing learning methods used by children developing normally and children experiencing language delays.

Posted in 2007, Hearing Research, Infant and Childhood Development, News, Speech & LanguageTagged binaural hearing, Infant Learning Lab, Jenny Saffran, Ruth Litovsky

Study looks at benefits of two cochlear implants in deaf children

Posted on February 17, 2007

Nature has outfitted us with a pair of ears for good reason: having two ears enhances hearing.

Posted in 2007, Hearing Research, NewsTagged Cochlear Implants, Ruth Litovsky

First test in United States of a child with dual cochlear implants

Posted on March 14, 2003

Micha Wiggins and her mother Doty not only travelled a long way-from Dallas, Texas-to visit Ruth Litovsky’s lab on March 10 and 11, they also had made a long personal journey to arrive at this …

Posted in 2003, Hearing Research, News

New Hearing Test Simulates Noise Of Real World

Posted on June 21, 2002

Ruth Litovsky has developed a hearing test that simulates the noisy real world, and the results could improve our understanding not only of hearing but also of developmental and learning disabilities among children.

Posted in 2002, Hearing Research, News, WoWTagged Hearing Test, Ruth Litovsky
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