When I was a child, I became accustomed to ear infections. At least once a year, I would feel the telltale symptoms: pressure, the uncanny feeling of being underwater when I tried to swallow, and ...

LOS ANGELES — Scientists have made a groundbreaking discovery about the origins of the human outer ear, revealing that this distinctive mammalian feature evolved from an unexpected source: fish gills.

Unlike birds and amphibians, mammals can't recover lost hearing. In people, the cells of the inner ear responsible for detecting sound and transmitting those signals to the brain form during early ...

Ear infections are a common childhood experience, but a new study suggests parents should take these infections seriously to preserve their children's language development. That's because each ear ...

School lunch debt in Utah is expected to surpass $4 million this year, according to the founder of a nonprofit working to pay off meal balances for students acr NASCAR's Kyle Busch was short of breath ...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Researchers at the Wake Forest University of Medicine and Vanderbilt University Medical Center have been given a $3.2 million grant to develop computer-based approaches to ear ...

Beer can ear syndrome is an arrested ear development disorder resulting in abnormally short, stunted ears with barren tips. The problem is often caused by environmental stress, a pesticide/fungicide ...