The old adage is that moms have eyes in the back of their heads, but a new study shows that women in general may also have ...

Age isn’t the primary factor in determining ear sensitivity in humans, sex and environment play a much bigger role.

Many people have the impression women’s hearing is sharper. Now tests in 13 countries have shown they do. Researchers offer ...

From online fashion retailers to winemakers and medical device manufacturers, the country’s biggest companies are assessing ...

Non-destructive micron-resolution imaging of cochlea lays groundwork for better hearing loss diagnosis For the first time, ...

Since the cochlea is located deep inside the ear and filled with lymphatic fluid, they will first need to miniaturize the system so it can be inserted through the ear canal. They are also developing a ...

Starting this month, China's centralized procurement of cochlear implants has taken effect, reducing the average cost of the devices by 75 percent, CCTV News reported on Tuesday. Zhu Yuanyuan ...

Here, movement of fluid in the cochlea stimulates hair cells to trigger a nerve impulse carried to the brain by the auditory nerve, interpreted as sound. When hearing loss is caused by problems ...

A new study suggests that the brain helps regulate the ear’s sensitivity to sound by sending signals to the cochlea, potentially leading to treatments for conditions like tinnitus and hyperacusis.