Evolution has left humans with many vestigial traits—remnants of once-useful biological features that serve little or no ...

The name of the ability to recognize and respond to such changes is hyperacusis. It is an over-sensitivity to sound that frequently occurs due to damage to the cochlea (cochlear origin) or the ...

The inner ear is responsible for our sense of balance and the ability to stabilize our gaze, even when we are moving around. However, a new study in Nature Communications discovered this is not the ...

Evolution has largely deprived us of our ability to swivel our ears, but those vestigial muscles still activate when we listen intently, according to new research. Reading time 3 minutes Tens of ...

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“Sudden temperature shifts create pressure changes in the environment, which the ear works to balance through the Eustachian tube — a tunnel connecting the middle ear to the back of the nose,” ...