Tinnitus is a condition where you hear ringing, buzzing, or thumping sounds without an external source. Pulsatile tinnitus ...

ear pressure, dizziness, pain, and frequent ear infections. Acoustic neuromas are noncancerous tumors that develop on a ...

Ear pain is a common yet often misunderstood symptom, affecting people of all ages. In Singapore, environmental factors such ...

Meniere's disease. This inner ear disorder may be caused by a buildup of fluid and changing pressure in the ear. It can cause episodes of vertigo along with ringing in the ears (tinnitus ...

Muffled hearing occurs when sound waves have trouble passing through the outer, middle, or inner ear. You may have a sensation that’s similar to the pressure you feel while flying on an airplane.

Body sway is measured as the pressure of the outer ear canal is changed. This test is sometimes used to evaluate the possibility of a perilymph fistula (an abnormal opening in the inner ear leading to ...

Travelers swear by this old wives’s tale for relieving ear pain, but doctors are skeptical of the hot cup’s efficacy.

When the brain compares this false message from the inner ear with information from the other senses and organs, it cannot make them match, so it recognizes it as a spinning sensation. This miscue ...

Millions of years ago marine animals had hearing organs that allowed them to detect sounds in the water. When land dwelling animals evolved they now had to detect environmental sounds that traveled ...

If a breakdown occurs anywhere along this pathway, it is referred to as a conductive hearing loss. Certain types of ...