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RestorEar had a busy, innovative 2025. Here we look back on our top five favorite parts of the year. 

When most people think about hearing, they picture the visible outer ear. But the real magic of hearing happens deep inside the skull, in an elegant, seashell-shaped structure called the cochlea. Despite being only about the size of a pea, the cochlea houses one of the most sophisticated biological systems in the human body. It converts vibrations into electrical signals that our brain interprets as speech, music, traffic noise, or a loved one’s voice.

In other words, hearing is all about the cochlea. 

November is American Diabetes Month, an opportunity to raise awareness by educating the public about diabetes. At RestorEar, that means highlighting the relationship between diabetes and hearing health.

Hearing health isn’t just related to the auditory and vestibular systems. It relates to a variety of health conditions, including diabetes. According to a recently published study in Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, people with type 2 diabetes have 4.19 the odds of having hearing loss compared to individuals without diabetes. Although the exact mechanisms of this relationship are still being studied, scientists believe that long-term changes to blood vessels and nerves caused by high blood sugar may play a key role. Understanding this link is key to helping individuals with diabetes protect their hearing and their overall health.