Research team awarded five-year, $3.2 million grant from National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders AHL is among the most common health conditions affecting older adults, ...

The name of the ability to recognize and respond to such changes is hyperacusis. It is an over-sensitivity to sound that frequently occurs due to damage to the cochlea (cochlear origin) or the ...

Researchers have developed a method that shows how the nervous system and sensory organs are formed in an embryo. By labeling stem cells with a genetic 'barcode', they have been able to follow the ...

For more than a century, scientists have wondered how pigeons and other birds navigate across vast distances without getting lost. One promising answer may lie deep inside their inner ears. It’s been ...

Dark, diamond-shaped spots in inner ear magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans are not always signs of pathological changes—they can simply result from how a person is positioned in the scanner. A ...