Researchers discover how much inner-ear damage it takes to affect balance, showing why small declines can trigger major symptoms.

A study of about 50 people with Alzheimer's disease has added to evidence that damage to the inner ear system that controls balance is a major factor in patients' well-documented higher risk of ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a new method of inserting ear tubes into children, a potential game changer for the more than half million children who receive tubes in their ears ...

You can count on Dr. J! Drake does. From an audiologist and entrepreneur to a TV personality, Dr. Lana Joseph-Ford is an architect in the healthcare industry. Her ambitious efforts in promoting ...

The ear is a complex organ consisting of the outer, middle, and inner ear. The inner ear is the deepest part of the ear, resting in the temporal bone. It is responsible for hearing, balance, and ...

We tend not to notice how sound affects the way we perceive the world. Here in New York City, my day is filled with screeching brakes, truck pistons, sidewalk chatter, and the dull drone of window air ...