University of Michigan News

Apple Hearing Study
About 78% of participants in the Apple Hearing Study, conducted by the University of Michigan, have experienced tinnitus—the perception of sound that others do not hear.
That is just one of the findings that U-M researchers and Apple shared today from the Apple Hearing Study, one of the largest surveys on tinnitus to understand the effects of sound on hearing health. The study involved a cohort of 160,000 participants...

Study: Motivating Experts to Contribute to Digital Public Goods: A Personalized Field Experiment on Wikipedia (doi.org/10.1287)
Getting experts to contribute to open content, such as Wikipedia, is not an easy task as experts often have high demands on their time. But one way to increase expert contributions is to understand what motivates them to contribute, a University of Michigan...

Three new University of Michigan sustainability catalyst grants will support novel research projects to address vexing environmental challenges. Each new project received $10,000 from U-M’s Graham Sustainability Institute.
“Catching the Waves” focuses on deploying wave energy converters to power remote coastal communities, starting with Beaver Island in Lake Michigan. The project aims to provide clean, reliable energy and reduce dependence on diesel generators....

University of Michigan legal and political experts are available to discuss former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial in New York.
Ken Kollman, professor of political science, studies political parties and elections.
“This is only the first of what will likely be a series of legal outcomes for Trump between now and November,” he said. “How each court case, verdict, judicial ruling or potential sentence will affect his standing with the electorate is anyone’s guess...