Your ears do more than hear. They help you balance, communicate, and stay connected to the world around you. Otology focuses on your ears, especially the middle and inner ear. Your outer ear is the ...

What Is a Vestibular Disorder? A vestibular disorder occurs when a disease, condition, or injury interferes with your body's balance system. A link between your inner ear and your brain helps you keep ...

Autoimmune inner ear disease (AIED) is a complex condition in which the immune system aberrantly targets inner ear structures, leading to a fluctuating and often progressive sensorineural hearing loss ...

Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have gained new insights into the causes of human deafness and balance disorders by studying the inner ear of chickens. St. Louis, ...

Researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine have successfully developed a method to grow inner ear tissue from human stem cells- a finding that could lead to new platforms to model disease ...

Ear problems afflict around five per cent of the world population (432 million adults and 34 million children). The WHO ...

Karolinska Institutet. "Discovery of new neurons in the inner ear can lead to new therapies for hearing disorders." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 12 September 2018. <www.sciencedaily.com / releases / ...