If you can wiggle your ears, you can use muscles that helped our distant ancestors listen closely. These auricular muscles helped change the shape of the pinna, or the shell of the ear, funneling ...

Humans actually have vestigial muscles that activate when listening closely to something, even though people lost the ability ...

Here’s how it works. Every pair of the best over-ear headphones in this guide has been thoroughly tested by our expert team. We’ve evaluated audio performance, noise cancellation, battery life ...

However, exposure to loud noises can also cause permanent damage to your inner ear or auditory nerve. Sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) is caused by problems with the structures in the inner ear ...

It also can be high-pitched or low, or even linked to sounds caused by ear wax, hairs, or bone structure changes. People who have ear ringing usually experience one of the following types of the ...

Tinnitus is ringing in the ear, though describe it more as a whistling, crackling, humming, or roaring sound. Typically, only you can hear it, and it happens despite there being no external sound ...

I added two new recommendations: the Anker Soundcore AeroClip earbuds as the best budget open ear pick and the SteelSeries Arctis GameBuds as the best gaming earbuds. I also added notes on three ...

How do ear infections happen? It's pretty simple. Sometimes, germs, like a virus or bacteria, can infect the inside of your ear. This can happen to anyone, although middle ear infections are more ...

With the help of tiny microphones on the earbuds' exterior, ANC earbuds actively listen to cancel out incoming sound waves, preserving quiet and amplifying in-ear sound. But no matter how strong a ...

So when I walked by the Bebird booth, I thought I spotted a new pair of over-ear headphones. To my surprise, they were actually advanced ear cleaners. They say you shouldn't judge a book by its ...

I've personally tested well over 160 audio products since becoming a full-time audio writer in 2019, but TechRadar's been in this game since 2006, with the wider TechRadar team clocking in over ...