A new model built on stochastic thermodynamics shows that the tiny hair bundles inside the inner ear do not simply detect sound waves but actively switch between distinct operating modes, one tuned ...

The hair cells lining the inner ear are among the most sophisticated structures in the human body: capable of detecting ...

Why are some people unable to hear from birth, even though their inner ear appears intact? One possible cause lies in the ...

Scientists and engineers have modeled a hidden mechanism in the inner ear that helps mammals balance via the fastest-known signal in the brain. The sensory organs that allow us to walk, dance and turn ...

Imagine you’re in a train station. You can hear a screeching locomotive, a musician’s guitar, and your neighbor’s phone ...

By emitting energy through oscillations, certain hair-cell bundles amplify sound waves so they can be picked up better by other hair-cell bundles.

An artificial-intelligence model was shown to be significantly more accurate than doctors at diagnosing pediatric ear infections in the first head-to-head evaluation of its kind. The tool, called ...