Results from a research study published in Nature Communications show how the inner ear processes speech, something that has until now been unknown. The authors of the report include researchers from ...

For the first two weeks of life, mice with a hereditary form of deafness have nearly normal neural activity in the auditory system, according to a new study. Previous studies indicate that this early ...

Your ears age faster than you think. Delicate hair cells in your inner ear get damaged by loud noises. This hearing loss can ...

Northwestern Medicine scientists have uncovered how a specific type of cell in the inner ear plays a commanding role in ...

An imaging technique able to visualize the sound-induced vibrations traveling through the middle ear could offer new information about how the ear processes sound waves, and assist clinicians treating ...

Scientists find the greatest number of small ear ossicles known from Neandertals so far and compare them to the ossicles of modern humans The three bones of the middle ear (hammer, anvil, stapes) make ...

An innovative method of gene therapy to treat hearing and balance disabilities caused by impaired function of the inner ear ...

A newly discovered CPD gene mutation causes hearing loss, and scientists found that Viagra and arginine may help reverse it.

Vertigo affects millions of people worldwide, creating a disorienting sensation where the world seems to spin uncontrollably around them. This debilitating condition goes far beyond simple dizziness, ...

Low-cost screening: A smartphone-based tympanometer can diagnose middle ear disorders. (Courtesy: Dennis Wise/University of Washington) Tympanometry is a test that measures middle ear function by ...