In addition to earache, COVID can cause other ear symptoms such as: Sensation of fullness: Fullness in the ears is a classic symptom of eustachian tube dysfunction. The eustachian tubes are passages ...

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 ...

In adults, hearing loss can be due to natural aging, earwax buildup, an ear infection, or more serious causes such as a stroke or brain tumor. One of the most common causes of hearing loss in kids is ...

By labelling 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 Science, ...

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 ...

The guitar is the starting point for a ride through inspirations drawn from North Africa and the Middle East, at the same time coherently processed through the character of the band members themselves ...

Airplane ear typically occurs during ascent and descent when flying. Changes in altitude cause an imbalance between the pressure in the middle ear and the surrounding environment. This stretches ...

Sensorineural deafness is mainly caused by damage to the tissues of the inner ear, and hearing impairment has become an increasingly serious global health problem. When the inner ear is abnormally ...

The mechanisms of formation of the distinct sensory organs of the inner ear and the non-sensory domains that separate them are still unclear. Here, we show that several sensory patches arise by ...