In a recent study published in the American Journal of Otolaryngology, researchers assessed the effect of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) during pregnancy and the consequent impact on the auditory ...

Preterm babies born early in the third trimester of pregnancy are likely to experience delays in the development of the auditory cortex, a brain region essential to hearing and understanding sound, a ...

WARRENVILLE, Ill., Jan. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Edward Hospital in Naperville, Ill., noise levels are kept to a minimum at the bedside to promote ...

Brain development, especially before birth, is crucial to one’s mental health later in life. We know from previous research that disturbed development in the womb is linked to disorders such as autism ...

The fundamental organization of brain networks is established in utero during the second and third trimesters of fetal development, according to research published in JNeurosci. The finding lays the ...