Boston University

Acoustics

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Hearing Loss

Trouble Hearing in Noisy Places and Crowded Spaces? Researchers Say New BU-Developed Algorithm Could Help Hearing Aid Users

April 22, 2025

Boston University Professor of Engineering, Xin Zhang, poses for a portrait in her lab.

Accolades

Engineer Xin Zhang Awarded 2022 Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship

May 10, 2022

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Noise Pollution

Without Commuter Traffic, Pandemic-Era Boston Drivers Are Speeding Up, Increasing Noise Pollution

April 28, 2021

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White Sharks

White Sharks Are Here to Stay in New England

September 25, 2020

Boston University Professor of Engineering, Xin Zhang, poses for a portrait in her lab.

Translational Research

Xin Zhang Elected to National Academy of Inventors

December 16, 2019

Graphic symbolizing neurotrauma showing the silhouette of a human head with the top blowing off in layers.

Accolades

BU Researchers Awarded Massachusetts Life Sciences Capital Grant

April 29, 2019

Boston University Ph. D. candidate Reza Ghaffarivardavagh poses with his research team. Reza holds the noise cancellation devices his team developed over his ears while his teammates make noise banging a pot, playing a trumpet, and a boombox in the background

Acoustics

Making the World a Lot Quieter

April 18, 2019

Virginia Best discusses spatial hearing

Hearing Sciences

Follow Your Ears

March 8, 2018

Barbara Shinn-Cunningham, professor of biomedical engineering at Boston University College of Engineering

Hearing Sciences

Tuning In

September 29, 2016

Photo by Michael D. Spencer

Hearing Sciences

An Auditory Illusion

October 28, 2015

Gerald Kidd and Jayaganesh Swaminathan study the cocktail party problem: why it’s so hard to distinguish one voice in a crowd. Can musical training help?

Hearing Sciences

The Cocktail Party Problem

October 5, 2015

The Cocktail Party Problem