It has long been believed that the hearing bone called stapes, one of the smallest bones in ancestor of mammals, shows no differences between species. Now, Dr Leandro Gaetano and Professor Fernando ...

A new prosthesis for a traditional ear surgery is bringing hope to patients diagnosed with a hereditary disorder that causes hearing loss. After 63-year-old was diagnosed with otosclerosis in her ...

ANN ARBOR, MI - If hearing loss runs in your family and the doctor says it's otosclerosis, it may be important to see a genetic counselor as well as a surgeon, according to new research from the ...

PHYSIOLOGY OF THE STAPES ONE OOF THE BONE OF THE ORGAN OF HEARING DEDUCED FROM A COMPARATIVE VIEW OF THE STRUCTURE AND USE IN DIFFERENT ANIMALS ...

Otosclerosis is one of many hearing disorders found only in humans, affecting the otic capsule. It occurs when the joints between the ossicles in the middle ear become hardened with age. The formation ...

The first detailed and comprehensive analysis on the ear bone of Triassic cynodonts has completed, and researchers have found some noticeable variations in the morphology of this bone -- even among ...