Fact sheet details sound and its transduction into electrical events, the structure of the ear, frequency coding and the auditory pathway.

Learn about the various structures and anatomy of the outer ear (auricle) such as the antehelix, concha, tragus, helix, scapha, and earlobe with interactive graphic.

Review a lecture on how sound travels through the ear to be transformed into an electrical potential that the brain can recognize and process.

Explanation of how the discovery of a large number of mutated genes involved in causing deafness may lead to improved treatments for the deaf.

Discover how special molecules called growth factors may lead to a cure for the most common cause of deafness, nerve deafness.

Find an overview of the implantable electronic device known as a cochlear implant and learn how it communicates with the brain.

Cochlear fluid information source includes a pictorial guide, a simulator program for download, 3D MR images and a parameters database.

Describes the research of a group studying how the inner ear detects acoustical phenomena (that is, sounds).

Describes the anatomy of the ear, explains how the ears work to allow us to hear and maintain equilibrium, and details ear diseases.

Ohio State University presents this collection of articles, research and resources on auditory cognition.

Read publications and download programs based on research performed at the Nijmegen Institute for Cognition and Information.

Peruse an archive of research notes and abstracts on the effects of music on the brain collected by the Center for Neurobiology at U.C. Irvine.

Details the anatomy of hearing, including the basics of sound waves, the middle and inner ear, and the neurology of hearing. Includes many high resolution images.

Resource on temporal-bone and ear anatomy includes more than 60 histological slides and illustrations. For professionals and laypeople.

Discusses current research into human hearing and provides links to hearing research labs and resources in acoustics and psychoacoustics.

Defines the internal components of the ear, and explains the process of hearing. Provides diagrams of every part of the auditory system.

Explore the myriad parts at work in the peripheral hearing mechanism and the central auditory mechanism. Tour the inner and middle ear.