The Cocktail Party Problem

The cocktail party is the enemy of people who suffer from hearing loss.
It's hard to pay attention to one person when there is garbled noise everywhere, right?
But there's good news from the researchers who've discovered that brain waves can hone in on one speaker to solve the "Cocktail Party Problem".
They've discovered that brain waves are shaped so the brain can selectively track sound patterns from a speaker while at the same time exclude competing sounds. This finding can have important implications for everybody from ADHD kids to older folks, even people with autism.
This is science speak, but if you're interested in learning more about how the brain works with selective sounds and noise, here is the geek link:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/03/130306134218.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fmind_brain%2Fhearing_loss+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Mind+%26+Brain+News+--+Hearing+Loss%29