The auditory system is the sensory system for hearing ... the auditory cortex and other brain areas involved in sound processing.

Rugged speakers tend to weigh more, and smaller home-office speakers weigh less, though the smaller size may also result in a slight drop in sound quality. I’ve found that the ideal weight is ...

Individual spontaneous rates for all auditory-nerve fibers reported in this study (dots), group medians (box center lines), quartiles (box boundaries), minima, and maxima (whiskers). The dashed black ...

Wave 1 of the Smart Grid infrastructure, occurring now, involves the acquisition and deployment of advanced metering communications systems for 2-way connectivity to energy consumers, communication ...

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We plan to study other wave systems, such as large-amplitude ocean waves. "Surprisingly, sound waves and ocean waves have a lot in common: for example, the breaking of large-amplitude ocean waves ...

These hairs convert vibrations from sound waves into neural signals that your auditory nerve carries to your brain. Exposure to sounds louder than 85 decibels can damage these hairs. Eighty-five ...

Lalor and his team of researchers have made progress by exploring how the specific shape of the articulators—such as the lips and the tongue against the teeth—help a listener determine whether ...

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Quantum computing firm D-Wave has made its first commercial sale of its Advantage system. The sale was announced by D-Wave alongside its Q4 2024 financial results, which saw the company post bookings ...

place on a bookshelf. Finally, we come to the actual sound from this sophisticated and compact audio system. The sound is incredibly detailed and even verging on bright before you make any ...