Wired

I Tried Hear.com's At-Home Test for New Prescription Hearing Aids. Here’s How It Works

Putting aside their exorbitant cost, the trouble with prescription hearing aids is the prescription. Find a doctor. Get an appointment. Sit in a waiting room. Suffer through an hour of testing before ...
The New York Times

Silence Is a ‘Sound’ You Hear, Study Suggests

In auditory illusion tests, people perceive silence as a form of sound, just as Simon and Garfunkel suggested. By Bethany Brookshire The hush at the end of the musical performance. The pause in a ...
YourTango

This Simple Brain Test Reveals If You Can Literally Hear With Your Eyes

The primary sense for humans is vision. We depend on it in every aspect of our lives, and it is pretty straightforward. Speech, on the other hand, is multimodal, meaning it relies on both auditory ...
The Verge

Apple’s AirPods Pro hearing health features are as good as they sound

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The AirPods Pro 2 will soon offer more robust hearing protection and a new hearing aid feature. But it’s the ...
Techlicious

JLab Hear Review: What You Can Expect From $100 OTC Hearing Aids

You are reading correctly. JLab’s Hear OTC hearing aid-slash-Bluetooth buds are just $100 – $99.99, to be precise. And they don’t suck. Well, they kinda do. They don’t exactly provide natural-sounding ...
Science Daily

'I can't hear you, I'm too stressed': Repeated stress in mice reduces sound perception

After a week of stress, mice show changes in how their brains process sound, reducing how well they perceive loud noises, according to a new study. After a week of stress, mice show changes in how ...
The Verge

Jabra rolls out customizable controls and a hearing test for Elite 75t earbuds

is a former senior reviewer who worked at The Verge from 2011 until May 2025. His coverage areas included audio, home theater, smartphones, and more. Owners of the excellent Jabra Elite 75t (and Elite ...