Evolution has left humans with many vestigial traits—remnants of once-useful biological features that serve little or no ...

The inner ear is responsible for our sense of balance and the ability to stabilize our gaze, even when we are moving around. However, a new study in Nature Communications discovered this is not the ...

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Experts stress that diet plays a significant and frequently overlooked role in keeping ears healthy. Our diet has a significant impact on the health of our ears and on maintaining sharp hearing ...

Research team awarded five-year, $3.2 million grant from National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders AHL is among the most common health conditions affecting older adults, ...

One in four older adults report unintentionally falling every year, leading to an increase in death for those 65 and older, ...