Our ears play a vital role in everything from helping us complete important tasks to enjoying life's little pleasures. Maybe ...

Humans' outer ears may have evolved from the gills of prehistoric fish, a new study finds. Gene-editing experiments indicate that cartilage in fish gills migrated into the ear canal millions of ...

Left untreated, some conditions that cause ear pain can lead to hearing loss. But effective treatment can usually relieve ...

An ear bud may seem a harmless ear-cleaning item but it may trigger tinnitus Read this article to know how to clean your ears ...

The evolution of the mammalian ear is well documented and makes a nice evolutionary story. The ear consists of three parts: inner, middle, outer ear Some vertebrates lack middle and outer ear ...

Earwax protects and lubricates the ear canal, but sometimes the build up needs to be cleaned. In some cases it collects on the outer ear or sticks to your earbuds. While it’s OK to clean the ...

Ear pinning refers to a cosmetic procedure that permanently alters the appearance of the outer ears, whether in relation to shape, position or size, by bringing them closer to the head ...

Researchers used powerful tech to analyse thousands of individual cells at once, considering which genes are active and how DNA is organised within each cell. The outer ears that sit on the sides ...

A bone conduction hearing aid (BCHA) helps with conductive hearing loss, which is caused by damage to the outer and middle parts of your ear. Keep reading to learn more about BCHA, including how ...

These observations suggest that the movement of stereocilia and the resulting modulation of their ionic currents is likely to be greater for outer hair cells than for inner hair cells. Several studies ...

We, the small-eared music lovers, know that the narrowness of our ear canals is just one issue at play here. Actually, the size of our concha (that recess in the middle of our outer ear ...