Humans' outer ears may have evolved from the gills of prehistoric fish, a new study finds. Gene-editing experiments indicate that cartilage in fish gills migrated into the ear canal millions of ...

Ear movement is controlled by the auricular muscles—three muscles that connect the outer ear (or ‘auricle’) to the skull and scalp. Each muscle is responsible for a different movement ...

These observations suggest that the movement of stereocilia and the resulting modulation of their ionic currents is likely to be greater for outer hair cells than for inner hair cells. Several studies ...

Earwax protects and lubricates the ear canal, but sometimes the buildup needs to be cleaned. In some cases it collects on the outer ear or sticks to your earbuds. While it's OK to clean the outer ...

We, the small-eared music lovers, know that the narrowness of our ear canals is just one issue at play here. Actually, the size of our concha (that recess in the middle of our outer ear ...