The result is classroom noise pollution that causes distraction and discomfort for students and teachers. From learning loss and lower standardized test scores to student distraction and teachers ...

Noisy classroom simulation aids comprehension in hearing-impaired children Date: February 11, 2013 Source: University of Washington Summary: Training the brain to filter out background noise and ...

While it's easy to see how a low-flying jet can impede student learning, quieter classroom sounds can also be disruptive.

Students develop the foundation for lifelong reading skills in early elementary school, and a new neuroscience study suggests they may be particularly hindered by a noisy environment.

Training the brain to filter out background noise and thus understand spoken words could help the academic performance and quality of life for children who struggle to hear, but there's been ...

A child's brain has to work overtime in a noisy classroom to do its typical but very important job of distinguishing sounds whose subtle differences are key to success with language and reading ...

You will get red in the face. The very noise of it — the noise you make, and the noise he makes at you — will stop up the ears of your mind.

In the classroom, decibel levels can gradually increase without us realizing it, until they begin to affect the atmosphere: more difficult communication, nervous irritation, reduced concentration, etc ...

This story," Education Nation: Finding classroom success in noisy mix of Spanish, English," was produced by , a nonprofit, nonpartisan education-news outlet based at Teachers College, Columbia ...

Children with hearing loss struggle to hear in noisy school classrooms, even with the help of hearing aids and other devices to amplify their teacher's voice. Training the brain to filter out ...