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 ...

Researchers have described, for the first time, the adult brain's ability to compensate for a near-complete loss of auditory nerve fibers that link the ear to the brain. The findings suggest that the ...

Ear care, or otology, specifically treats the structure and function of the ear. Ear conditions include hearing and balance disorders, damage or disease of the ear, tumors, and others (see below). Our ...

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 ...

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 ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Genetic hearing loss has been found to be caused by a mutation in the CPD gene—a regulator of metabolic signaling that is involved with inner ear ...