The old adage is that moms have eyes in the back of their heads, but a new study shows that women in general may also have ...

A cutting-edge study reveals how terahertz (THz) imaging technology has unlocked a new way to peer inside the intricate ...

Factors affecting hearing in humans . The sample of the study involved 450 individuals from 13 countries. This also included ...

In the depths of your inner ear lies one of biology’s most intricate sound systems. A new discovery reveals that the cochlea ...

Non-destructive micron-resolution imaging of cochlea lays groundwork for better hearing loss diagnosis For the first time, ...

Growing older can take a toll on your hearing, but even more than your age, a new study has revealed another biological ...

The cochlea uses sensory hair cells to detect sound waves in the air, then converts them into electrical signals that the ...

The hearing organ in mammals is a spiraling structure called the "cochlea" from the Greek word for snail. It spirals out from the saccule (one of the balance organs). There are two and a half turns in ...

Sensorineural hearing loss is a type of hearing impairment that occurs when there is damage to the cochlea of the inner ear ...

When the sound waves reach the inner ear, they travel through the fluids of the cochlea. The cochlea is a snail-shaped structure in the inner ear. In the cochlea, there are nerve cells with ...

The illustration shows a cross-section of part of the cochlea, the fluid-filled part of the inner ear that converts vibrations from incoming sounds into nerve signals that travel to the brain via ...