The ears are a pair of sensory organs whose primary functions are hearing and balance. They are divided into three portions: the outer ear, the middle ear, and the inner ear. Each has an intricate ...

Optical coherence tomography (OCT), a tool routinely used to diagnose and plan treatment for eye diseases, has now been modified to collect images of the inner ear. "These findings are exciting ...

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 by Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists. Their ...

Ear pain and sore throat often seem like two unrelated problems. But more often than not, they're connected. The ear, nose ...

Ménière’s disease (MD) is an inner ear disorder in which the main pathological feature is endolymphatic hydrops (EH). Positive pressure therapy (PPT) using a portable device is now a second-line ...

Tinnitus in one ear, also called unilateral tinnitus, is often due to pressure or injury in an ear canal or eardrum. It has many possible causes. Tinnitus is when you hear a ringing in your ears.

They are helpful in the fields of audiology and otolaryngology as they can verify middle ear function and aid in the diagnosis of issues like ear infections or problems arising with the eustachian ...

Individuals born with a cleft palate commonly experience impaired middle ear function arising from anatomical disruption of the palatal musculature and Eustachian tube mechanism. Poor tensor veli ...