Researchers have developed a test that can screen all of the genes known to cause deafness in a single run. The new test, called OtoSCOPE, could provide families with useful information more rapidly ...

More than 180 babies a year in the UK could be saved from permanent and profound deafness thanks to the world’s first genetic test used in an emergency setting. The bedside test has undergone a 'real ...

Have you ever sung in public, only to have your family ask you to never do that again? Or, have you played the piano and your sour notes had people scrambling for an exit? If so, you may be tone-deaf.

In brief: Do you consider yourself a bit of a music aficionado? If so, you should try out some of the tests created by Harvard University's Music Lab---part of its department of psychology. Probably ...

Pinpointing the exact genetic cause of inherited deafness has always involved sequencing one gene at a time, a process that can take up to a year and cost roughly $1,000 per gene. It would cost around ...