Medically reviewed by John Carew, MD The ears are a pair of sensory organs whose primary functions are hearing and balance.

Hearing loss comes in different shapes and sizes. There are three common types of hearing loss that affect around 37M people ...

Your eustachian tube is a small, narrow tube that connects the middle part of your ear to the back of your nose and upper throat. You have one in each ear. Typically, your eustachian tubes are closed.

The concept that a source of mechanical energy exists in the cochlea appeared validated when in the late 70s it was discovered that sound is produced by the inner ear. These sounds can be measured by ...

Welcome, class, to the fascinating subject of today’s lesson: the human ear. This big thing on the side of the head is called the outer ear. It’s shaped a bit like a funnel, which helps it ...

However, the tokay gecko can pick up vibrations that are much lower and deeper—within the range of 50 to 200 Hertz—using a special part of their inner ear called the saccule. The saccule is ...