In order to reduce these reflections and maximize the transfer of sound energy from the air filled environment to the fluid filled inner ear, land animals evolved external ears as sound collectors and ...

The ear is much more than a hearing device, as both doctors and laymen were sharply reminded last week by the repercussions of what happened in Colonel John Glenn’s inner ear when he “spun in ...

The sensory epithelium of the inner ear is called the organ of Corti after the Italian ... are surrounded by a relatively large fluid filled space (Figure 6 provides a view of a row of outer hair ...

The evolution of the mammalian ear is well documented and makes a nice evolutionary story. The ear consists of three parts: inner, middle, outer ear Some vertebrates lack middle and outer ear ...

It’s an inflammation of part of your inner ear. It’s usually caused by viral infections and sometimes by bacterial infections. Having a cold or flu can trigger it, and you’re more likely to ...

The inner ear contains distinct sensory organs, produced sequentially by segregation from a large sensory-competent domain in the developing otic vesicle. To understand the mechanistic basis of this ...

The discovery is an important expansion of recent findings about sound and its effect on the inner ear. Increasing evidence has suggested that stimulating the part of the inner ear associated with ...

Picture this: a wriggling fish, swimming in ancient seas, whose jawbones would one day transform into the sophisticated machinery of the human inner ear. This isn’t just a story of bones and ...

By labeling stem cells with a genetic "barcode," they have been able to follow the cells' developmental journey and discover how the inner ear is formed in mice. The discovery, published in ...