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Brain Makes Call on Which Ear Is Used for Cell Phone
If you’re a left-brain thinker, chances are you use your right hand to hold your cell phone up to your right ear, according to a newly published study from Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. The study – to appear online in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery – shows a strong correlation between brain dominance and the ear used to listen to a cell phone. |
Embargo expired: 5/16/2013 4:00 PM EDT
Released: 5/15/2013 10:00 AM EDT
Henry Ford Health System |
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Charles Barkley’s Bark a Common Vocal Sore SpotWith the NCAA basketball finals underway a voice can easily go hoarse from the yelling and hoopla -- just ask Sir Charles Barkley. Here’s how to prevent or care for a hoarse voice. |
Released: 4/3/2013 8:00 PM EDT
University of Alabama at Birmingham |
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Speech Emerges in Children on the Autism Spectrum with Severe Language Delay at Greater Rate Than Previously ThoughtStudy by Kennedy Krieger’s Center for Autism and Related Disorders reveals key predictors of speech gains. |
Released: 3/4/2013 12:05 AM EST
Kennedy Krieger Institute |
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Study Suggests Homeric Epics Were Written in 762 BCE, Give or TakeOne of literature’s oldest mysteries is a step closer to being solved. A new study dates Homer's The Iliad to 762 BCE and adds a quantitative means of testing ideas about history by analyzing the evolution of language. |
Released: 2/27/2013 4:50 PM EST
Santa Fe Institute |
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Songbirds’ Brains Coordinate Singing with Intricate TimingAs a bird sings, some neurons in its brain prepare to make the next sounds while others are synchronized with the current notes—a coordination of physical actions and brain activity that is needed to produce complex movements. The finding that may lead to new ways of understanding human speech production. |
Embargo expired: 2/27/2013 1:00 PM EST
Released: 2/25/2013 1:05 PM EST
University of Chicago |
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Use of Vocal Fry May Damage Professional Image of Young EmployeesExperts offer advice on remaining professional in how you speak. |
Released: 2/25/2013 9:45 AM EST
Expert Available Kansas State University |
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Secrets of Human Speech Uncovered
A team of researchers at UC San Francisco has uncovered the neurological basis of speech motor control, the complex coordinated activity of tiny brain regions that controls our lips, jaw, tongue and larynx as we speak. |
Embargo expired: 2/20/2013 1:00 PM EST
Released: 2/20/2013 12:00 PM EST
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) |
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Children with Auditory Processing Disorder May Now Have More Treatment Options
Several Kansas State University researchers are helping children with auditory processing disorder receive better treatment. They have developed a program that uses evidence-based practices and incorporates speech-language pathologists into therapy. |
Released: 2/19/2013 10:40 AM EST
Kansas State University |
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Brain Structure of Infants Predicts Language Skills at 1 YearUsing a brain-imaging technique that examines the entire infant brain, researchers have found that the anatomy of certain brain areas – the hippocampus and cerebellum – can predict children’s language abilities at 1 year of age. |
Released: 1/22/2013 12:20 PM EST
University of Washington |
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New Technique Helps Stroke Victims CommunicateResearchers at the University of South Carolina's Arnold School of Public Health developed a speech technique to aid stroke victims with aphasia. |
Released: 1/15/2013 2:00 PM EST
University of South Carolina |