Tinnitus expert Dr Seyma Yalcinkaya has shared the possible causes behind different common tinnitus sounds, including ringing ...

He then went on to talk about other physical abilities that not everyone has, saying: "Others can control their eye movements ...

One such example is the muscles around our ears, which in many animals help direct hearing toward sounds of interest. While ...

The auricular muscles, which enabled our distant ancestors to move their ears for better hearing, activate when people try to ...

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Millions of years ago, our ancestors were able to move their ears to better capture sounds, much like dogs or cats. But with evolution, this ability gradually faded, leaving behind muscles that are ...

Ear muscles flex when focusing on specific sounds in noisy settings Study links muscle activity to ancestral auditory reflexes Findings may help improve hearing aid ...

Tens of millions of years ago, our primate ancestors responded to noises in much the same way many other mammals do, pricking their ears and deftly turning them towards the sound's source.

A study reveals that tiny ear muscles flex when people focus on specific sounds in noisy environments. Once vital for movement in ancestral species, these muscles no longer serve a major function ...

That’s according to a new study which found that a certain vestigial ear muscle — one that perks up ears in animals — actually shows electrical activity when people engage in a difficult listening ...

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 ...