It started when Wenyao Xu was sitting in a meeting and someone behind him started eating chips, loudly. Xu, a computer science professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo, was inspired ...

Scientists have developed a wearable system that monitors calorie intake by recognising the chewing and swallowing sounds of food, a research paper has revealed. The hands-free technology provides an ...

New doctor's orders: No earbuds, no music, and no watching TV while eating. Researchers have found that the noise your food makes while you're eating can have a significant effect on how much food you ...

Misophonia is a condition in which people feel uncomfortable hearing things like the sounds of other people chewing while eating, the ticking of a clock, or the sound of typing. Jake Eaton, who has ...

A few weeks back, my son and I sat together after school working through his frustrating math homework. In a quiet room, I explained long division as he asked questions and slowly ate a bag of ...