The presence of two types of hair cells, the inner and outer hair cells, in the organ of Corti was appreciated nearly a 100 years ago but the function of the two has only become clear in the last 20 ...

[MUSIC PLAYING] KIM RICHARDSON: Hair in your ears and nose is a good thing. It keeps junk in the air from getting in your body. It can start getting a little crazy as we get older, though -- and ...

One of the most common reasons for tinnitus is exposure to loud sounds. If you’ve ever left a concert or a noisy event and noticed a ringing in your ears afterward, that’s temporary tinnitus. But ...

Hearing begins with the stretching of elastic molecular 'springs' that open ion channels in the sensory hair cells of the ear. For decades, researchers have known that these gating springs must exist, ...

Hair cells are the sensory receptor cells of hearing and balance. They are as important for the senses of the inner ear as chemoreceptors are for taste and smell; as photoreceptors are for vision; and ...