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2015 Grantee News Items

Redrawing language map of the brain: Old beliefs upended as dementia research yields new locations for word and sentence comprehension
Northwestern Medicine (06/25/2015)
Concussion recovery may be slower than current estimates
University of Pittsburgh via Medscape (06/09/2015)
Neuroscientists ID part of the brain devoted to processing speech
New York University (05/18/2015)
Breakthrough in tinnitus research could lead to testable model: Global research team finds the neural network to be more extensive than previously believed
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York (05/12/2015)
How noise changes the way the brain gets information
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York (05/07/2015)
Say what? How the brain separates our ability to talk and write
Johns Hopkins University (05/05/2015)
In search of tinnitus, that phantom ringing in the ears: UI scientists 'piggyback' on specialized invasive brain monitoring required for epilepsy surgery to learn about tinnitus
University of Iowa (04/23/2015)
New super-fast MRI technique demonstrated with song 'If I Only Had a Brain'
Beckman Institute (04/21/2015)
Understanding how neurons shape memories of smells: Discovery has implications for understanding epilepsy
UC San Diego Health System (03/09/2015)
Auditory pain pathway may protect against hearing loss
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine (02/18/2015)
Crowdsourcing a valid option for gathering speech ratings
New York University (02/17/2015)
Researchers test device to help deaf children detect sounds
Associated Press (02/14/2015)
Sound barrier broken for children born without a hearing nerve: Keck School leads studies of auditory implant's safety in clinical trial backed by the National Institutes of Health
University of Southern California (02/13/2015)
Pigeon power: New UI study suggests similarity between how pigeons learn the equivalent of words and the way children do
University of Iowa (02/04/2015)
New version of common antibiotic could eliminate risk of hearing loss, study finds
Stanford Medicine (01/02/2015)