In an effort to better understand how the inner ear can hear the quietest of noises, researchers from Yale University ...

IF you come down with a cough, sneezing or sniffles in the days before you’re due to travel, cancelling your flight can seem ...

A tympanometer is a hand-held probe that is placed in the ear to measure energy transmission through the middle ear. It can be used to test the condition of the middle ear, determining whether it ...

The main treatment for cancer that starts in the ear canal, middle and inner ear or the bone is surgery and radiotherapy. Radiotherapy is often given after surgery. Some people may have it instead of ...

The inner ear is divided into two fluid filled chambers - one inside the other. Figure 3 illustrates the basic organization of both the organs of hearing and balance. The fluid in the two chambers ...

Most of these cancers start in the skin of the outer ear. Cancers that develop inside the ear, known as the middle and inner ear, are rare. The outer ear is the part of the ear we can see. It protects ...