Microsoft's anechoic chamber in Redmond measures -20.6 decibels, making it the world's quietest room where your heartbeat becomes deafeningly loud.

Hearing aids and cochlear implants can significantly improve seniors’ quality of life. But unfortunately, many suffer their hearing loss in silence.

What does it mean when your ears ring? What is tinnitus? Tinnitus is defined as "sound that a person hears when there is no external source of the sound," says Huang. Such noises are often ...

This doesn't mean that everyone who enjoys ambient sound is on an emotional escape. It does invite the question: why this need to "fill"? What does silence point to that we don't want to hear?