Thirteen unresponsive ICU patients changed a tone using thought alone
In a Columbia study of 41 brain-injured patients who could not move or speak, a third shifted a beep’s pitch through bedside EEG, and…
A Case Western lab is turning live brainwaves back into music
Revived from 1960s experimental music, the Brain Media Lab plays EEG signals as sound, with a David Rosenboom concert in Cleveland on February 14.
Two siblings born deaf now hear after a one-time gene therapy
A brother treated at 3 and a sister treated at 1 at Cincinnati Children’s were in the trial behind Otarmeni, the hearing gene therapy…
Phantom music is not mainly a hearing-loss problem, a Dutch study finds
Among 80 people in The Hague who hear music no one is playing, half had no documented hearing loss, and most heard old hymns…
A sharper ear for plain tones helps learners hear foreign vowels
In 140 Japanese students learning English, telling apart tones a few hertz apart predicted vowel accuracy about as well as time abroad did.
New US tinnitus guideline backs sound enrichment and rejects supplements
The first update in 12 years from the ear, nose and throat surgeons’ foundation lists 16 action statements and asks every clinician to screen…
Blind listeners tell pitches apart better because their brains are quieter
A Georgia Tech study found the advantage is not in the ear but in less trial-to-trial noise in the brain, the same change musical…
Cevdet Erek mixes 1980s metal with sound art history in Queens
The artist and musician’s first New York solo show gathers five site-built sound works at SculptureCenter, where a 1984 exhibition helped name sound art.
Music calmed stressed bodies faster than water sounds in a brain-scan study
In 120 volunteers put through timed mental arithmetic, relaxing music brought heart rate and sweating down faster than soothing water sounds, but only when…
Hearing-aid glasses from two Bose veterans go on sale at $999
Legato Frames put microphones and open-ear speakers in the arms of ordinary-looking glasses, with a strong lab score and no published study of wearers…
Bronze flower bells ring an English pattern at the Serpentine
Justin Caguiat’s first UK museum show fills a London gallery with piston-struck bells whose order never stops shifting, free until January 10.
A vein stent for heartbeat tinnitus gets its first pivotal US trial
The FDA has cleared a California company to test a purpose-built stent for pulsatile tinnitus, with enrollment expected before the end of 2026 and…
Hundreds of floating porcelain bowls are ringing outdoors in Athens
Céleste Boursier-Mougenot’s “clinamen,” a pool of drifting bowls that plays itself, is outdoors for the first time at Onassis Mandra, with admission at €5.
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