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A Fabric That ‘Hears’ Your Heart

Having trouble hearing? Just turn up your shirt. That’s the idea behind a new “acoustic fabric” developed by engineers at MIT and collaborators at Rhode Island School of Design. The team has designed a fabric that works like a microphone, converting sound first into mechanical vibrations, and then into electrical signals, similar to how your ...

Science Unmasked

A Third of Over-Fifties With Hearing Loss Could Be Undiagnosed

Up to a third of older adults with hearing loss in England could be undetected and untreated, according to a new study by University of Manchester researchers. The study, published in JAMA Network Open, might mean millions of people are not seeing ear specialists or given hearing aids when their hearing has considerably deteriorated. Women and older people ...

Troy Oakes

A doctor checking a patient's hearing.