The eardrum then starts vibrating and these vibrations are passed to three small ear bones – called the hammer, anvil and stirrup. Many animals have ears that are able to detect ultrasound.

Researchers used powerful technology to analyse thousands of individual cells at once, considering which genes are active.

Early diagnosis of some ear diseases is challenging ... it is one of the tiniest and most complex bones in the human body. The spatial resolution of standard general-purpose CT (computed ...