Ear care, or otology, specifically treats the structure and function of the ear. Ear conditions include hearing and balance disorders, damage or disease of the ear, tumors, and others (see below). Our ...

Glitches in our evolutionary development mean that 80% of four-year-olds get glue ear, a temporary loss of hearing. Many have costly and unnecessary surgery despite there being excellent non-surgical ...

The translabyrinthine approach is an option for removing a benign ear tumor called an acoustic neuroma or vestibular schwannoma. Surgeons make an incision behind the ear and remove bone from the inner ...

Chronic inflammation of the middle ear can cause several problems and complications that can affect a person’s hearing and balance. One such problem is the formation of a cholesteatoma, which is an ...

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Archaeologists found a 5,300 year old skull, possibly from an elderly woman, that showed signs of early ear surgery. Scientific Reports Some 5,300 years ago, humans in what is now northern Spain cut ...

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 ...

South African surgeons have successfully performed the world's first transplant of middle-ear bones that uses 3-D printed components, a research university said. The surgery replaced the hammer, anvil ...

A tympanic membrane retraction, or retracted eardrum, is a condition in which the eardrum gets pulled toward the middle of your ear. The eardrum, also called the tympanic membrane, is a thin layer of ...