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.

Figure 3 illustrates a simplified diagram showing the organization of inner ear organs of hearing and balance. The inner ear contains two fluid chambers, a membranous and a bony chamber. The ...

Ear health experts explain the sensation of an itchy inner ear, what causes it, home remedies for itchy ears, and when to see a doctor about the annoying urge.

Dr. Fauci says you can use the Q-Tip in your ear if it’s important to you. But for real, if you need your inner ear cleaned out, go to a doctor for that. The Q-Tip won’t help.

Analysis of inner ear canals from hundreds of modern and fossil animals shows that warm-bloodedness appeared abruptly in the late Triassic ...

Scientists have revealed in near-atomic detail the structure of the key part of the inner ear responsible for hearing. The findings could point the way toward developing new treatments for hearing ...

Medically reviewed by William Truswell, MD Hearing loss is classified into three types: conductive, sensorineural, and mixed (when conductive and sensorineural hearing loss co-occur). Conductive ...

When comparing Yin and Yang inner ear bones, the Rosenthal's canal was missing or had large holes in Yang bats that rely on echolocation to hunt, whereas the structure in Yin ears was thick and ...

Two major groups of bats that use echolocation have different structures for connecting the inner ear to the brain, according to a new study by researchers from the University of Chicago, the ...

The inner two-thirds of the ear canal are housed in the temporal bone, with the skin tightly adhering to that bone; the diameter of the ear canal varies between individuals and races (Ludman and ...