Introduction Nurses need to understand the structure and the function of the ear, as they may have to care for patients who have chronic ear problems and across many different specialties, in both ...

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 have scanned the skulls of Neanderthals and found the small middle ear ossicles, which are important for hearing, still preserved within the cavities of the ear. To their surprise, the ...

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 ...

Lilach M. Friedman, Amiel A. Dror, Eyal Mor, Tamar Tenne, Ginat Toren, Takunori Satoh, Deborah J. Biesemeier, Noam Shomron, Donna M. Fekete, Eran Hornstein, Karen B. Avraham, Mary-Claire King ...

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 ...