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Wall Design Highlights Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Experience at #ASA190

In an era where the design of physical spaces increasingly demands attention not only for aesthetics but also for their functional impact on human experience, recent advancements h...

A Transparent Waveguide for Sound

Author(s): Mark BuchananAcoustic waves can be guided through a narrow “tunnel” that lacks walls and thus presents no obstruction to sound traveling across its path.[Physics 19, 46]...

Study Finds Concert Hall Color Influences Sound Perception

Researchers report a correlation between the visual environment of a venue and the perceived timbre of music.

An Acoustic Sensing Fabric based on PVDF-HFP Nanofiber Core-Shell Yarns for Respiratory Acoustic Signal Monitoring

Nanoscale Horiz., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D6NH00126B, CommunicationJinjin Song, Haifan Tang, Junyun Zhang, Jiaxue Yu, Dailin Yuan, Yanqiu Zhang, Jinyang Wang,...

Meta-Earplugs Use Helmholtz Resonators to Address Low-Frequency Noise and the Occlusion Effect

A 3D-printed earplug design aims to improve protection and user comfort by canceling specific sound waves within the ear canal.

Modular Wall Design Aims to Improve Speech Clarity for People with Hearing Loss

A University of Michigan researcher has developed 3D-printed acoustic tiles that can be customized to control sound reflection and enhance communication.

Tinnitus App Using ACT and CBT Principles to Enter US Market

European-developed Freequency, backed by key psychology experts, launches US pilot program at AAA 2026.

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Transforming deep-space signals into cathedral sound

A new immersive sound installation at Oulu Cathedral, Finland, brings the research of MIT astrophysicist and associate professor of physics Kiyoshi Masui into a striking sensory fo...

The Sound of the Internet: What Meme Audio Reveals About Contemporary Listening Culture

For much of human history, societies have organized themselves around shared sonic experiences. Sacred chants, folk songs, military marches, opera arias, radio broadcasts, and symp...

Sound Waves That Refuse to Die: A New Kind of Quantum Material Bends the Rules of Loss

Stuff sponges into the walls of a plastic lattice, pump sound through it, and something deeply strange happens. The sound should die. Any reasonable accounting of the physics says...

Word-deafness phenotype in logopenic variant primary progressive aphasia: A multicenter retrospective case series

Background: PPA-variant attribution of the clinically overt word-deafness phenotype remains incompletely characterized. Word deafness has been described across PPA phenotypes, but...

Coiled Phononic Structure Super-Resonates

Author(s): Charles DayComputer simulations show how a structure placed underneath a surface suppresses turbulence in a fluid flow across the surface at a wide range of frequencies....

Three Audio Collaborations Tuning Up the Listening Experience

New audio releases use spatial audio, MEMS, and hybrid designs to improve immersion and sound quality.

A widespread animal communication tempo may resonate with the receiver’s brain

by Guy Amichay, Vijay Balasubramanian, Daniel M. Abrams During fieldwork in Thailand, we observed nearly identical tempos of co-located flashing fireflies and chirping crickets. M...

Designing with Sound: How Audio Shapes Residential Architecture

What defines the atmosphere of a home? Beyond material palettes and natural light, sound plays a defining role in how spaces are perceived and inhabited. The reverberation of foots...

Observation of the Acoustic Purcell Effect in Diamond Nanostructures

Illustration of the experimental system that simultaneously realizes efficient (a) spin-photoninteractions, and (b) spin-phonon interactions. In a study recently published on arXiv...

Inside the Phonak Audiology Research Center, Shanghai

A PARC series highlighting Phonak research centers worldwide, where clinical questions become clinical evidence. The post Inside the Phonak Audiology Research Center, Shanghai appe...

Gleaning Information from Noise

Author(s): Shiling Liang and Jie GuResearchers derive a universal limit linking noise and response to perturbations in systems far from equilibrium.[Physics 19, 72] Published Mon M...

Study Finds Auditory Feedback Is Key for Precise Tongue Control in Speech

University of Oklahoma research indicates that the brain relies on real-time hearing to guide complex speech motor skills, with implications for speech therapy.

AirPods Pro 2の「ライブリスニング機能」は補聴器代わりになるか？　騒音下で検証　米国チームが学術誌で発表

米アリゾナ州立大学などに所属する研究者らが学術誌「American Journal of Audiology」で発表した論文「Apple AirPods Pro 2 Live Listen as an Assistive Listening Device」は、AppleのAirPod...

Canceling Quantum Noise

Author(s): Philip BallA new technique uses an ‘anti-noise’ signal to cancel out the unavoidable quantum noise associated with precision measurements like those needed for gravitati...

Humans and Zebra Finches Share Similar Speech Learning Techniques #ASA190

The intricate process through which humans acquire language has fascinated scientists for decades, inviting inquiry into the earliest stages of vocal communication development. A g...

MIT's virtual violin offers luthiers a new design tool

Computational model lets users tweak parameters to hear effect on the sound in early design process.