Ear to the Ground (news & ideas that integrate auricular)
FDA Clearances of Auricular, Cranial and Other Forms of Neuromodulation
Rapid growth in Neuro-auricular Modulation:
The recent FDA clearance of a wearable transcutaneous auricular nerve field stimulator (tAN) as developed by Spark Biomedical in Dallas, Texas, and featured in Practical Neurology, is one example of the investment by Pharma and Tech based on the increasing interest in neuro-auricular modulation research. The device, and similar devices like it, stimulate nerves on and around the ear.
The microsystem of the ear has been used for millennia in the fiel...
BBC Reports on Vagus Nerve Stimulation Research to Rebalance the Nervous System
BBC News reports on research out of the University of Leeds that the "ear acts as a gateway to the body's nervous system." The report comes after research into an electrical ear stimulation therapy to rebalance the nervous system.
Why focus on treating the body via the ear? Innervation of the ear offers an ideal way to access and stimulate a branch of the vagus nerve, a long and well-connected nerve, that transmits information from the brain to organs around the body, such as the heart and lu...
