Over 70 million people in the U.S. are impacted by hearing loss, and age-related hearing loss is the second most common ...

For the first time, researchers have shown that terahertz imaging can be used to visualize internal details of the mouse cochlea with micron-level spatial resolution. The non-invasive method could ...

The cochlea is the spiral-shaped structure within the inner ear responsible for our sense of hearing. To fully understand hearing functions and open the door to new hearing loss treatments, scientists ...

Membrane channels play an important role in auditory processes. Connexins and pannexins are membrane channels that exist in the cochlea. Connexin26 and connexin30 have been previously shown to be ...