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 ...

Results from a research study show how the inner ear processes speech, something that has until now been unknown. Results from a research study published in Nature Communications show how the inner ...

Hearing begins when sound energy initiates pressure waves in the fluid-filled cochlea. This fluid movement results in deflection of the actin-based stereocilia bundle that gives the sensory hair cell ...

The inner ear is divided into two fluid filled chambers - one inside the other. Figure 3 illustrates the basic organization of both the organs of hearing and balance. The fluid in the two chambers ...

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 ...

Left-right differences in ear function have been found to lead to asymmetric brain development that affects the preferred direction of turning movement in mice. In a multi-national study publishing 13 ...

The average adult gets as many as four colds per year, and one in three Americans suffers from allergies each year. In addition to just being generally miserable, both colds and allergies can cause ...

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 ...

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 ...