Just like fingerprints, ear canals are unique. So, to find the best compromise between comfort and efficiency, you need to understand the relationship between the shapes of ear canals and of earplugs.

Scientists have revealed in near-atomic detail the structure of the key part of the inner ear responsible for hearing. The findings could point the way toward developing new treatments for hearing ...

Dr. Rebecca Brashears, owner and audiologist with Ascent Audiology & Hearing, stopped by First Look at Four to talk about the inner ear.

A team of researchers has generated a developmental map of a key sound-sensing structure in the mouse inner ear.

Ear seeding was developed in the 1950s by French neurologist Dr. Paul Nogier, who had some peculiar ideas about the structure of the ear.

The ear structure in fish, known as an otolith, is made up of minerals. Scientists knew that increasing carbon dioxide in the oceans -- absorbed from the atmosphere -- is making the sea more ...

Tissue engineering just got wilder and weirder. Using nothing but light and bioink, scientists were able to directly print a human ear-like structure under the skin of mice. The team used a healthy ...

Medically reviewed by Leah Ansell, MDMedically reviewed by Leah Ansell, MD A pimple in or behind your ear can cause pain due to the structure of the ear, with its bony cartilage and narrow ear ...