As humans age, their hearing naturally grows less acute because they begin to lose tiny sensory hairs (pictured, magnified) in their inner ears that convert sound waves into neurological signals. But ...

A pleasant conversation is a result of more than just good company. It is due in part to our capacity to hear, but as we age this seemingly effortless ability begins to have limitations. Looking to ...

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, ...

"We've essentially switched the fate of these cells," said Donna Fekete (pronounced FEH-ka-tee), associate professor of biology in Purdue's School of Science. "We now know at least one gene that ...

A team of researchers has generated a developmental map of a key sound-sensing structure in the mouse inner ear. Scientists analyzed data from 30,000 cells from mouse cochlea, the snail-shaped ...

Ringing in your ears can be a temporary problem as a result of a sinus infection or blockage — but it could also indicate a ...

Bzzzz... Do you hear that? That's the sound of a mosquito nearby, its wings fluttering rapidly, generating the sound waves that reach your ears and send signals to ...

Those antennae act like "inverted pendulums" which vibrate as sound waves pass through the air. And just like your hirsute old uncle, male mosquitoes have really hairy ears that make them distinct ...