Ear hair is a topic that often elicits chuckles or even a grimace. It’s a natural part of human anatomy, yet its presence can spark debate. Some consider it unsightly and a sign of aging, while others ...

Have you ever looked in the mirror and noticed a stray hair on your ear? Maybe it was thin and barely noticeable, or perhaps it was a thick, stubborn strand that caught you by surprise. Ear hair can ...

I love visiting with my grandma. But sometimes I have to talk loudly so she can hear me. I asked my friend Christine Portfors why that is. She’s a biologist at Washington State University. She told me ...

(BOSTON, April 18, 2023) – Effective hearing loss treatments have eluded medicine because once sensory cells in the inner ear called hair cells are damaged or destroyed, they cannot be regenerated.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Researchers working on mice have regrown the tiny hairs in the inner ear that are crucial to hearing, and said on Wednesday their findings might lead to ways to restore hearing ...

Researchers from the Salk Institute and the University of Sheffield completed a study that they say shows promise for the development of gene therapies to repair hearing loss. In developed countries, ...

Scientists have created a more efficient and controlled way to produce lab-grown inner ear hair cells than current methods allow, offering a new tool for hearing loss research. The study, published ...

Scientists and engineers have modeled a hidden mechanism in the inner ear that helps mammals balance via the fastest-known signal in the brain. The sensory organs that allow us to walk, dance and turn ...