Humans Lost the Ability to Swivel Their Ears—But These Vestigial Muscles Still Twitch
Evolution has largely deprived us of our ability to swivel our ears, but those vestigial muscles still activate when we listen intently, according to new research.
Ear muscle we thought humans didn't use—except for wiggling our ears—activates during focused listening
If you can wiggle your ears, you can use muscles that helped our distant ancestors listen closely. These auricular muscles ...
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'Obsolete' muscle that wiggles ears actually activates while listening
A muscle that we thought served no purpose beyond enabling some people to wiggle their ears is actually active when we are ...
A hearing aid for … your nose? Feedback loop in olfactory system helps brain adapt to stimuli changes
Kaboom! The first time most of us hear the sound of an explosion is in the movies. Encountering the sound in the real ...
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Lawmakers hope to close telehealth gap for hard-of-hearing Hoosiers
A 2023 law made it easier for some Indiana medical providers to offer telehealth services. But, speech-language pathology ...