A research group has revealed that the checkerboard-like arrangement of cells in the inner ear's organ of Corti is vital for hearing. The discovery gives a new insight into how hearing works from the ...

Every year there comes a point, typically as the calendar draws closer to fall, when I pull out my crochet hooks and start to look for new patterns to help me whip up some short, easy projects. Ear ...

Before this project ever started, I already had a pair of Dooney & Bourke Disney Minnie ears picked out for our trip. They ...

The World Health Organization reports that 360 million people worldwide are affected by hearing loss, generally caused by disease, accidents or damage to middle-ear structures. Researchers at ...

image: Left: The organ of Corti from a normal (control) mouse. The hair cells and their support cells are lined up in an alternating, checkerboard-like pattern. Right: The organ of Corti from a nectin ...