2014 Grantee News Items

Could birdsong help us solve stuttering? New CSAIL genomics work suggests vocalizing birds could tell us more about speech disorders
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (12/22/2014)
Quiet as a mouse, but so much to hear: UB researcher finds that mice discriminate partial sounds just as humans do with partial words
University at Buffalo, the State University of New York (12/04/2014)
Unlocking Emily's world: Cracking the code of silence in children with autism who barely speak
Boston University (11/19/2014)
Genetic tweak gave yellow fever mosquitoes a nose for human odor
Princeton University via EurekAlert! (11/12/2014)
Overall risk of birth defects appears low for women taking antiretrovirals during early pregnancy
Harvard School of Public Health (11/10/2014)
Ultrasound guides tongue to pronounce "r" sounds
New York University (10/27/2014)
New tool for children with speech errors: Making the "r' sound is one of the most common problems
Wall Street Journal (10/20/2014)
Peter Barr-Gillespie and Kateri Spinelli win BioArt Competition
Oregon Health & Science University (10/07/2014)
Children understand familiar voices better than those of strangers
New York University (10/06/2014)
Infant cooing, babbling linked to hearing ability, MU researcher finds: MU study reinforces the importance of early hearing interventions
University of Missouri (09/23/2014)
Proteins Hey1 and Hey2 ensure that inner ear 'hair cells' are made at the right time, in the right place
Johns Hopkins Medicine (09/16/2014)
Viral infection in nose can trigger bacterial infection in the ear
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center via Medical News Today (09/11/2014)
New treatment successful for rare and disabling movement disorder, the Mal de Debarquement Syndrome (MdDS)
Mount Sinai Hospital (08/08/2014)
Rare developmental disorder linked to tumor-suppressing protein, researchers find: Researchers have revealed a new insight into CHARGE syndrome, a rare developmental disorder
Stanford University School of Medicine (08/03/2014)
A new technique allows scientists to watch brain cells in mice as they process sound
Johns Hopkins Medicine (07/31/2014)