Learn how to prevent age-related hearing loss with practical steps like wearing ear protection, getting regular screenings, quitting smoking and managing tinnitus or vertigo.

The inner ear plays an important role in hearing and balance. Read about its location, how it works, what conditions can affect it, and treatments involved.

Researchers in the UK have received approval to conduct the first ever human trials for a stem cell treatment to reverse ...

Medically reviewed by Anju Goel, MD COVID-19 is a viral infection that typically causes symptoms like fever, chills, cough, and loss of smell or taste. Less commonly, COVID can also affect the middle ...

It felt like the floor dropped out,” researcher Uri Manor said after the sudden suspension of his lab’s award.

The inner ear doesn’t just let us hear; it also keeps us upright and balanced. Special structures, like the semicircular canals, sense movement and changes in position, ...

Inner ear infections can cause certain parts of the inner ear to become inflamed. They can affect a person’s hearing and balance. They often occur when a person has a cold or flu, or if a middle ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook University scientists have made breakthrough progress over the past several years in regenerating ...

The team examined the inner ears of fossilized and modern species, and estimated that warm-bloodedness, or endothermy, emerged in the group around 233 million years ago during the Late Triassic ...

The inner ear may not seem like a particularly bony place, but human ears in fact have three small bones (also known as ossicles): the malleus, the incus and the stapes.

This inner ear area likely played a role in bipedal evolution. The findings are described in a study published January 29 in the journal The Innovation . Meet Lufengpithecus ...