Cells are sensitive to many forms of stimuli including light and heat, but little is known about the cellular response to acoustic pressure—a.k.a. sound. A new study suggests that cells can indeed ...

The human ear has a snail-shaped, fluid-filled structure called the cochlea which plays a crucial role in hearing. It detects sound as vibrations and converts those into nerve signals for the brain.

After decades of hearing loss, Gary Greicar hears clearly again with Altru’s first-ever cochlear implant surgery.

Those in tropical environments with rich natural sounds and minimal human-generated ... while valuable for assessing cochlear function, represent just one aspect of hearing—they don’t directly ...

But for those whose cochlear nerve is too damaged for a standard cochlear implant, a promising alternative is an auditory brainstem ... common complaints from human ABI users.

[18] During ABR studies, a series of waves representing activity in the auditory pathway are recorded: wave I represents activity in the cochlear nerve; wave II, activity in the cochlear nerve ...