Elevated blood pressure, or hypertension, can affect blood flow to the inner ear. The small blood vessels in the inner ear ...

A research group led by Takumi Kagawa and Masashi Kato at Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine has discovered that ...

Body sway is measured as the pressure of the outer ear canal is changed. This test is sometimes used to evaluate the possibility of a perilymph fistula (an abnormal opening in the inner ear leading to ...

Changes in air pressure occur during air travel ... Meniere’s disease is an inner ear disorder that causes severe dizziness, or vertigo, tinnitus, and ear congestion. The symptoms of Meniere ...

Millions of years ago marine animals had hearing organs that allowed them to detect sounds in the water. When land dwelling animals evolved they now had to detect environmental sounds that traveled ...

balancing the pressure inside and out. Speaking of balance, there's one other incredibly important structure you can find inside your inner ear: the vestibular system. Kind of like a level ...

Inner ear regulates both hearing and equilibrium. A harsh blow can hurt this region and result in long-term hearing damage and dizziness. Barotrauma: Sudden shift in air pressure within the ear ...

Scientists have made a major leap in ear imaging by using terahertz radiation to see inside the cochlea – an impossibly tiny, ...

Researchers have developed a method that shows how the nervous system and sensory organs are formed in an embryo. By labeling stem cells with a genetic 'barcode', they have been able to follow the ...