Inside the snug confines of the human ear lies a bony structure, curly and shaped like a seashell. This structure, called the cochlea, contains little hairy cells that vibrate when sounds pass through ...

Shape matters, even in hearing. Specifically, it is the shape of the cochlea – the snail-shell-shaped organ in the inner ear that converts sound waves into nerve impulses that the brain deciphers – ...

Low-frequency sounds that are undetectable by the human ear can make people dance more, a new study finds. And those people may be unaware it's even happening. When you purchase through links on our ...

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Sound Pharmaceuticals (SPI) is pleased to announce that the FDA has granted its investigational new drug, SPI-1005, ...

An experimental regenerative therapy that Frequency Therapeutics was developing to treat a form of hearing loss has failed to beat a placebo in a clinical trial for the second time in two years, ...