Scientists and engineers have modeled a hidden mechanism in the inner ear that helps mammals balance via the fastest-known signal in the brain.

Understanding the middle ear is essential—not only for hearing but also for balance and quality of life. According to the National Institutes of Health, in the U.S., one in eight adults has ...

When it comes to the physics of hearing, researchers know that when sound reaches the cochlea, it is converted into electrical signals. Auditory hairs in the cochlea pass along the signals and ...

Credit: IOCB Prague The new computer model of the peripheral auditory system maps in detail how sound is being converted into mechanical vibrations in the middle and inner ear.

The new computer model of the peripheral auditory system maps in detail how sound is being converted into mechanical vibrations in the middle and inner ear.

The entire inner ear and the neurons that innervate it derive from a simple piece of embryonic ectoderm next to the hindbrain called the otic placode. This ectoderm thickens, invaginates and folds up ...

Vertigo, nausea, confusion and other symptoms of the rare inner ear problem had made everyday tasks—from shopping to listening to music—unbearable. "I cannot live like this," she said.

They delivered it to the inner ear of a normal adult mouse with damaged hair cells—an important distinction, as wildtype, non-transgenic mice would be more translatable to humans.

Delivery of normal EPS8 can rescue stereocilia elongation and the function of auditory hair cells in the ears of mice affected by the loss of EPS8.

Scientists and engineers at Rice University, the University of Chicago and the University of Illinois Chicago have modeled a hidden mechanism in the inner ear that helps mammals balance via the ...