Scientists are beginning to understand how the human brain accomplishes a remarkable trick known as the cocktail party effect. It’s what allows us to pick out the words from just one speaker even when ...

Employment seekers crowd booths at a job fair in China. Researchers figured out how the brain can focus on one speaker in a crowded room, a finding that could lead not only to better hearing aids and ...

The ability in perception to select one desired sound from a background of ambient noise heard at the same time. For instance, at a party, where many voices are speaking simultaneously, we may 'focus' ...

Andrew Liszewski is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2006, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid.

Plenty of people struggle to make sense of a multitude of converging voices in a crowded room. Commonly known as the 'cocktail party effect,' people with hearing loss find it's especially difficult to ...