A hearing system that monitors brain waves could help people with hearing loss communicate in noisy environments.

Researchers developed a real-time brain-controlled hearing system that uses neural signals to identify and amplify the ...

Scientists have developed an artificial hearing system that harnesses the brain's ability to amplify certain sounds while suppressing others. It could lead to better hearing aids.

Have you ever struggled to pick out your friend's voice over other conversations in a crowded room? Scientists call this challenge the "cocktail party problem," and it can be especially difficult for ...

When a group of friends gets together at a bar or gathers for an intimate dinner, conversations can quickly multiply and mix, with different groups and pairings chatting over and across one another.

MIT neuroscientists have figured out how the brain is able to focus on a single voice among a cacophony of many voices, shedding light on a longstanding neuroscientific phenomenon known as the ...

Researchers at the University of Washington have just unveiled a prototype that might finally fix one of the most annoying parts of being in a crowd: actually hearing the person standing next to you.