Have you ever wondered how the delicate structures hidden deep within your ears first came to be? It’s astonishing to think ...

The malleus or hammer is one of the three bones, also known as ossicles, in the middle ear The other two are the incus (“anvil”), and stapes (“stirrup”). The ossicles are part of the ...

Otosclerosis is a rare hearing condition in which one of the three tiny bones of the middle ear, known as the stapes, hardens, preventing it from vibrating correctly and so decreasing hearing ability.

Early diagnosis of some ear diseases is challenging, due to the tiny and intricate nature of a sound-conducting bone called the stapes, made up of four parts. Around 3 millimetres in height ...

They’re called the malleus, the incus and the stapes, and they sit between the eardrum and the entrance to your inner ear, to the place where the fluid sits. The bones help to channel sound into ...

The auditory system is the sensory system for hearing. It consists of the outer ear (the auricle and auditory canal), the middle ear (the tympanic membrane, malleus, incus and stapes), the inner ...