Sunday, January 17, 2010

Research Lays The Foundation For Improving Human Speech


Filed under: Language and the brain

Scientists at Duke University Medical Center have identified neurons in the songbird brain that convey the auditory feedback needed to learn a song. Their research lays the foundation for improving human speech, for example, in people whose auditory nerves are damaged and who must learn to speak without the benefit of hearing their own voices.

Full article: Medical News Today


See also:

>  Baby Birds Babble
>  Born with a love of speech
>  Read my lips: Using multiple senses in speech perception
>  NSF, NEH boost efforts to make digital records of dying languages
>  Experts seek to promote use of African languages

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