The most frequently made diagnosis in children less than age 15 years in the US is otitis media (OM). The cost of treating this disease averages between $1 billion and $2.2 billion per year. Hearing ...

The middle ear is the portion of the ear internal to the eardrum, and external to the oval window of the cochlea. The middle ear contains three ossicles, which amplify vibration of the eardrum into ...

One of the most amazing transitions and innovations during the evolution of mammals was the formation of a novel jaw joint and the incorporation of the original jaw joint into the middle ear to create ...

THE phenomenon described by my friend Mr. Boys, on p. 333, is pathological, and not physiological. He is clearly suffering from slight obstruction of the Eustachian tube, a canal which leads from the ...

A 19-year-old college student presented to the university health clinic with a 3-day history of pain and whitish drainage from his left ear. He had gone swimming before the onset of symptoms, and ...

Gardiner's frogs from the Seychelles islands, one of the smallest frogs in the world, do not possess a middle ear with an eardrum yet can croak themselves, and hear other frogs. An international team ...