The findings, published online in the journal Nature Communications, provide new fundamental knowledge about the mechanisms of hearing. Before we can perceive speech, music and other sounds, the sound ...

The auditory system is the sensory system for hearing. It consists of the outer ear (the auricle and auditory canal), the middle ear (the tympanic membrane, malleus, incus and stapes), the inner ...

Using a generic mock-up of a cochlea, a spiral-shaped organ in the inner ... of human hearing. ‘Newly discovered low-frequency mechanical modes in the cochlea reveal how the ear amplifies ...

Our aim is to understand how the inner ear develops in the embryo, and the mechanisms that ensure that the different cell types in the ear arise in the correct positions so that they can function ...

OBJECTIVE: To assess the safety and efficacy of the SOUNDTEC Direct System, a partially implantable electromagnetic middle ear hearing device. STUDY DESIGN: Food and Drug Administration Phase II ...

Use of the chinchilla as a model of middle ear infection in auditory research necessitates accessing the middle ear to collect samples or inoculate bacteria. This column describes a simple ...

The study showed that noise-induced hearing loss, which affects millions of Americans, stems from cellular damage in the ...

In addition, overall toxicity in the outer ear and changes in the nerve cells of the inner ear were analysed ... this model has a very similar hearing mechanism. Overall, our findings suggest ...