The auricular muscles: a dormant evolutionary heritage The auricular muscles once had an essential role: they allowed our ancestors to pivot their ears to more effectively locate surrounding sounds, ...

Firstly, and perhaps crucially, the folds in the pinna assist in determining the direction of sound (localization). This ...

Jones Army Community Hospital is spotlighting battlefield acupuncture, a fast-acting, medication-free ear acupuncture ...

Ditch the jabs and discover how auricular acupuncture, tiny needles in your ears—could offer a gentler alternative to Ozempic ...

Each study participant was treated with a tVNS device for 60 minutes. The device works by resting on the ear and sending a pulse to the auricular (ear) branch of the vagus nerve.

A new study has found the non-invasive application of in-ear electrical stimulation to the vagus nerve to be safe and effective in reducing osteoarthritis-related knee pain. It opens the door to ...

Medically reviewed by Arno Kroner, DAOMEar seeds are a type of auriculotherapy, also known as ear acupuncture or auricular acupuncture, that stimulates the auricle (the outer surface of your ear).

Known variously in the past as ricklers, painted ladies and bears’ ears, auriculas come in different classes, show auriculas, alpines, doubles, stripes and borders – each class containing a vast ...

A Florida spring breaker found himself behind bars after he allegedly bit off another man’s ear in a beachside St. Paddy’s Day brawl – à la Mike Tyson’s infamous 1997 fight.

Together, these movements create what we recognize as ear wiggling. While everyone has auricular muscles, only a small number of people can consciously flex these muscles to wiggle their ears. But ...

Similar to cranioelectrical stimulation, trans auricular vagus nerve stimulation shows dramatic potential to treat many brain disorders, most excitingly disorders of consciousness.