Firstly, and perhaps crucially, the folds in the pinna assist in determining the direction of sound (localization). This ...

Decellularization is one of the promising techniques in tissue engineering used to create a biological scaffold for subsequent repopulation with the patient’s own cells. This study aims to compare two ...

Personalised head-related transfer functions (HRTFs) are crucial when it comes to binaural audio playback. There is currently great effort in the scientific community to facilitate HRTF acquisition ...

This paper studies the relationship between head-related transfer functions (HRTFs) and pinna reflection patterns in the frontal hemispace. A pre-processed database of HRTFs allows extraction of up to ...

CARCINOMA of the pinna as a disease of surgical importance has received little attention in the American literature. It represents about 5 per cent of all skin cancers, 1–3 7 per cent of ...

Learn about Eustachian tubes, their role in regulating ear pressure, preventing infections, and maintaining ear health. Discover why they are essential for hearing and balance.

A helix piercing is the upper cartilage inclusive of everything between the earlobe and the top of the ear curve. Here is a guide to helix facts and aftercare.

Red ear syndrome affects one or both ears. It’s not clear why symptoms present, but the central nervous system may play a role. Find treatment here.

Jung C, Müller-Höcker J, Rauh G. Relapsing poly (peri)chondritis diagnosed by biopsy during inflammatory free interval: destructive polychondritis versus fibrosing perichondritis.

Bacterial perichondritis is an infection of the perichondrium, which is the tissue that surrounds and nourishes the cartilage which makes up the outer part of your ear. There are two common types of ...

A 12-year-old girl presents to the guest columnist’s office with a red, painful right auricle. The onset was yesterday, and it is worse today.

As mpox spreads, different potential modes of MPXV transmission are possible. In this report, spread from a tattoo parlor was identified.