WILLMAR -- Sharon Jergenson was out golfing on a recent spring day. On the surface it might sound like no big deal -- except for Jergenson it represents a triumph after struggling with unrelenting ...

If someone suffers from bilateral vestibular hypofunction, it means that their inner ear doesn't maintain their sense balance properly. As a result, the person gets dizzy very easily. A new implant, ...

Scientists and engineers have modeled a hidden mechanism in the inner ear that helps mammals balance via the fastest-known signal in the brain. The sensory organs that allow us to walk, dance and turn ...

Getting around without the need to concentrate on every step is something most of us can take for granted because our inner ears drive reflexes that make maintaining balance automatic. However, for ...

ELLSWORTH, Maine (WABI) - More than 90 million Americans experience dizziness or balance problems. The Audiology Center of Maine in Ellsworth is home to diagnostic tool that can quickly and accurately ...

(THE CONVERSATION) – My first experience with motion sickness was as a college student, standing on the back of a marine research vessel looking at interesting things dredged from the seafloor off the ...

Optical coherence tomography (OCT), a tool routinely used to diagnose and plan treatment for eye diseases, has now been modified to collect images of the inner ear.

Hearing and balance experts at Johns Hopkins report successful testing in animals of an electrical device that partly restores a damaged or impaired sense of balance. Though human testing of the ...