AI drill to access the inner ear
Few now remember Britain’s 19thcentury engineering genius, Isambard Kingdom Brunel—who introduced the standard gage [MORE]
Ossicular Conductive Hearing Loss Prostheses On Coin
Ossicular conductive hearing loss comes from damage to the three bones in the inner [MORE]
Clear Drum
The eardrum has two main roles: it transmits sound to the sensory cells in the inner ear, and it [MORE]
Human Inner Ear Organoid
Stem cell-derived tissue from any organ offers a way to test therapeutic drugs. In this piece, Indiana [MORE]
Ear Hair Cells and Progenitors
Age-related hearing loss most often results when the tiny cilia hairs of the cochlea break down. [MORE]
Dr.Tjellström Testing Cochlear Baha Wireless Accessories
An Australian company, Cochlear Ltd. (Sydney) has introduced a tiny cochlear implant that can receive [MORE]
Optical Coherence Tomography
Using optical coherence tomography—aka “optical ultrasound,” a biomedical researcher at Texas A&M University was able to insert a [MORE]
Regenerated Auditory Nerves
Electroporation is one method of gene transfer, but it is limited by the number of cells it [MORE]
Draper Labs Hearing Device
Several factors can account for the tiny hair-like cells in the inner ear collapsing, resulting in hearing [MORE]
Chip for Cochlear Implant
Cochlear implants have these components: a transitter affixed to the skull, a wire between the transmitter [MORE]
3D-Printed Bionic Ear
Like the first printing press with moveable type, 3-D printing is a tool for mass innovation. In [MORE]
Psychological Testing via Smart Phone
In order to test patients for attention disorders and language processing skills, psychologists rely on [MORE]
Researchers in the US and Japan reported earlier this year that by combining a specific protein suppressor and implanting [MORE]
Biologic Battery in the Inner Ear
Since the 1950’s, auditory physiologists have known that vibrations (sound) on the eardrum are [MORE]