In order to reduce these reflections and maximize the transfer of sound energy from the air filled environment to the fluid filled inner ear, land animals evolved external ears as sound collectors and ...

To understand the structure of the cochlear nerve, it's best to start with the anatomy of the ear. Your ear has three main parts: Your inner ear sits in a hollowed-out part of the temporal bone ...

Researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC, in collaboration with Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, used an innovative imaging tool to examine the mouse inner ear and made a ...

Earwax is your friend. A gooey and somewhat gross friend. Next and last stop, the middle ear. We are now looking at an actual eardrum. The eardrum's a thin piece of skin, and other tissues ...

A recent study on the anatomy of the inner ear of Neanderthals and their ancestors has cast doubt on the widely accepted ...

and Mercedes Conde-Valverde (Cátedra de Otoacústica Evolutiva de HM Hospitales y la Universidad de Alcalá), researchers measured the morphological diversity in the structure of the inner ear ...

In a groundbreaking effort to enhance medical treatments for hearing loss and other inner ear conditions ... due to the cochlea’s complex anatomy. Accessing the necessary cells requires ...