More information: Alexander Stoessel et al. Morphology and function of Neandertal and modern human ear ossicles, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2016).DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1605881113 ...

The ear canal is a small, tube-like pathway that extends from the outer ear to the eardrum. A range of health problems can affect this sensitive area, including infection, inflammation, and injury ...

Detailed Scans of Ancient Human Skull Reveal Structure of the Brain and Inner Ear The skull of “Little Foot,” one of the oldest known hominins, continues to teach researchers about human evolution ...

It controls the pressure within the middle ear, making it equal with the air pressure outside the body. The eustachian tube is a canal that connects the middle ear to the nasopharynx, ...

Using state-of-the-art tissue engineering techniques and a 3D printer, researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and Cornell Engineering have assembled a replica of an adult human ear that looks and ...