Scientists have developed a means of representing a 3-D model ear, to help redefine the standard for a pinna simulator (the pinna is the outer part of the ear) -- used to measure sound in the way we ...

THIS is not just any ear. It is the official standard for the human pinna, or outer ear. Called IEC TR 60959, its shape was defined in 1990 by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) to ...

These little earbuds want to make your music sound "as the artist intended" via a specialized head scan — but what does that ...

A doctor in the United Kingdom is using cutting-edge 3D scanning technology to design hyper-accurate ear implants for children suffering from microtia, a congenital condition in which the external ear ...

A Scottish hospital is using 3D scanning technology to create new ears for children. The Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh is using a scanner and printer in a process which creates a ...

Doctors have successfully transplanted a 3D-printed ear made from human cells onto the face of a 20-year-old woman who was born with a misshapen ear, a notable breakthrough in tissue engineering with ...

After the scan, the app conducts an ear canal acoustic measurement to refine your personal listening model even further. All of this data is then processed in the cloud by Final’s proprietary DTAS ...

A California 6-year-old born with an ear that never developed has received a 3D-printed ear and hearing aid implant. Mattie Cliburn was teased by other children about her ear, and her hearing was ...

The burgeoning 3D printing industry has been making a lot of headlines these days. The fledgling technology often stirs up images of misanthropes making pieces for a homemade board game, or ...