A deaf child has received a new gene therapy treatment with “mind-blowing” results that have allowed her to hear for the first time. Opal Sandy, from Oxfordshire, UK, is the first British patient and ...

Hand clapping is ubiquitous behavior for humans across time and cultures, serving many different purposes: to signify approval with applause, for instance, or to keep time to music. Acousticians often ...

Early intervention in speech development of autistic kids helps two-thirds of nonspeaking children gain words, while one-third of kids continue to remain at baseline scores. The data comes from new ...