Modern mammals have unique hearing abilities, able to sense a broad range of volumes and frequencies using middle-ear ...

Using the fossil record and modern cold-blooded critters, paleontologist Kelsey Jenkins recreates the hearing capabilities of ...

In the natural world, visible ears are not the only path to perception. While there are some animals that do not have visible ...

University of Maryland biologists identified a hidden sensory talent in geckos that’s shaking up what we thought we knew about animal hearing. In a new study published in Current Biology on October 4, ...

You might have heard of the cochlear implant. It’s an electronic device also referred to as a neuroprosthesis, serving as a bionic replacement for the human ear. These implants have brought an ...

The loss of tiny cells in the inner ear, known as "hair cells," is a leading cause of hearing loss, a public health problem affecting at least one out of three people over the age of 65. Of the two ...

The average adult gets as many as four colds per year, and one in three Americans suffers from allergies each year. In addition to just being generally miserable, both colds and allergies can cause ...