The Japanese government has approved a therapeutic drug for neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2), an intractable disorder that affects the auditory nerves, the first such approval in the world.

Nov. 30 (UPI) --People with persistent ringing in their ears, or tinnitus, are suffering from auditory nerve loss that goes undetected in standard hearing tests, a new U.S. study has found. The ...

You might have heard of the cochlear implant. It’s an electronic device also referred to as a neuroprosthesis, serving as a bionic replacement for the human ear. These implants have brought an ...

Lupus is an autoimmune condition that can cause symptoms throughout the body. When lupus affects the inner ear, it can result in tinnitus by damaging the nerves within the auditory system. Tinnitus is ...

Our modern world is loud. Just sitting in a car, or an airplane, or watching movie previews, we are bombarded with sound. Even when those noises aren’t damaging to the sensitive microphone that is our ...

The human ear is exquisitely tuned to discern different sound frequencies, whether such tones are high or low, near or far. But the ability of our ears pales in comparison to the remarkable knack of ...

Ear drops containing light-activated molecules may one day help restore hearing in people with some forms of hearing loss. Researchers used such molecules to trigger neurons in the inner ear of ...

Interviews with three musicians who suffer from hearing disorders. Stephin Merritt of the Magnetic Fields discusses his hyperacusis, a sensitivity to loud sounds. Chris Johanson of Sun Foot and ...

For decades, medical science has treated hearing loss as an inevitability of ageing or trauma. While animals like birds and fish can effortlessly regenerate the delicate sensory cells and nerves ...