Two new studies offer insights into the evolution and development of external ears, which appear in humans and other mammals ...

A mechanism that activates specific muscles in our ears is a leftover from our evolutionary past, back when our ancestors depended more on their hearing for survival.

Hold each earlobe gently between your thumb and forefinger, applying a light downward pull for five seconds before releasing.

Learn more about the auricular muscles, which activate when we wiggle our ears, and apparently, when we listen to several sounds at once.

Your outer ear includes the pinna ... While OME can cause short-term hearing loss, this isn't an infection. Chronic OME. If the fluid doesn't go away or goes away but keeps coming back, you ...

Hearing aids became available over the counter in the US only a couple of years ago. I tested some of the top options to find the best ones you can buy. I analyzed a mix of in-ear, over-the-ear ...

Muscles only believed to be used to wiggle our ears actually enable people to listen more intently, reveals new research.

Conductive hearing loss occurs when sound can’t pass through your outer or middle ear. The following can cause conductive hearing loss. Both types of hearing loss can cause similar symptoms.

The genes that build the cartilage of fish gills were repurposed to build the cartilage in mammals’ outer ears ...

Several studies that had examined the inner ears of deaf people shortly after they died demonstrated that outer hair cells were required for hearing. It was clear that the inner hair cells served to ...