The cochlear nerve, also known as part of the vestibulocochlear or auditory nerve, is a sensory nerve responsible for hearing. It travels from the cochlea, a spiral-shaped structure in the inner ear, ...

aiming to create artificial ear models that better represent the diversity of human ear anatomy. This research identified distinct clusters of ear canals based on their length and cross-sectional ...

Al Julaih GH, Menezes RG. Anatomy, head and neck, hyoid bone. StatPearls. Zhang Z. Mechanics of human voice production and control. J Acoust Soc Am. 2016;140(4):2614. doi:10.1121/1.4964509 Vose A, ...

It turns out the human ear got off to a fishy start. Literally. A fascinating new study reveals that the mammalian outer ear has its evolutionary roots in the gills of ancient fish.

Published in Nature by researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, the study connects the elastic cartilage in mammalian ears to the same rare tissue found in fish gills. To explore this link, ...

When asked for his favorite birdie of the day, Collin Morikawa had plenty to choose from. He’d carded nine of them – and an eagle – on Saturday at The Sentry, the PGA Tour’s season-opening ...

To test whether enhancer activity — and therefore gene regulation — is similar in fish gills and human outer ears, Crump and his colleagues inserted human outer ear enhancers into zebrafish ...

The film focuses on a naive college student, Jeffrey Beaumont, whose idyllic suburban life framed with white picket fences is turned inside out when he finds a human ear on the edge of a road.