In an effort to better understand how the inner ear can hear the quietest of noises, researchers from Yale University ...

Pimples can appear in unexpected places, and the ear is no exception. Imagine settling into your favourite song with your ...

Hearing loss isn't just caused by loud noises. There are several unexpected factors that can affect your ears. Here's what ...

I was born missing an ear. What followed was years of well-intentioned violence from a medical system bent on solving the “problem” of my body. In total, I underwent fourteen surgeries to create the ...

A strong playlist and a pair of wireless headphones are key for me to turn a humdrum jog into a great run. But, when I’m ...

“There are three large muscles [that] connect the auricle [the outer ear] to the skull and scalp,” said Andreas Schröer, a study author and a neuroscientist at Saarland University in Germany, in a ...

When we strain to catch what someone is saying in a noisy room, for example, small muscles in our outer ears, called the superior auricular muscles, kick into action, likely in an attempt to ...

A mechanism that activates specific muscles in our ears is a leftover from our evolutionary past, back when our ancestors depended more on their hearing for survival.

Each model comes with interchangeable plates on the outer cups, enabling users to easily switch between colors and designs for functional or aesthetic purposes. Whether a user chooses safety ...

This is very normal—parenting is a learn-on-the-job position that won’t always come naturally. Part of keeping a baby clean is cleaning their ears. Check out these common dos and don’ts of cleaning ...

The outer ear is the part of the ear we can see ... The cochlea has lots of tiny hair-like nerves on it. It converts the vibrations from the middle ear into nerve impulses which then travel to the ...

Research links human outer ears to cartilage in fish gills. Gene-editing experiments confirm evolutionary connection. Findings date back to marine invertebrates 400 million years ago. New research has ...