A human ear attached to a woman’s foot sounds like a stunt from a horror film, yet it is the centerpiece of a real, carefully planned medical rescue. In a world first, surgeons in China temporarily ...

Anthropometry of the human ear encompasses the systematic measurement and analysis of its dimensions and morphology. This field provides vital normative data for applications in clinical ...

The patient, a woman identified by their surname Sun, suffered a horrific workplace accident involving heavy machinery which ...

Evolution has left humans with many vestigial traits—remnants of once-useful biological features that serve little or no ...

Human ear muscles that ­scientists long believed were vestigial – or without function – are actually activated when we are trying to listen hard, a new study has found. Although the auricular ­muscles ...

The ear made from animal tissue bends like a real ear US scientists say they have moved a step closer to being able to grow a complete human ear from a patient's cells. In a new development in tissue ...

Deafness represents a profound hearing loss affecting approximately half a million Americans, creating significant communication challenges. People experiencing deafness might hear absolutely nothing ...

US scientists say they have moved a step closer to being able to grow a complete human ear from a patient's cells. In a new development in tissue engineering, they have grown a human-like ear from ...