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·September 26, 2022·2 min read

Tiny Animal Hairs Could Act as Sensitive Compass Needles

Around 100 of specific hair cells in the inner ear, called stereocilia could act as effective biological compass needles, allowing animals to accurately sense magnetic fields around them.

This is an image of a lady with her head turned to the side, as though she's just heard someone calling her or a strange noise

Auditory Neuroscience Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·May 10, 2021·6 min read

Research Challenges a Decades-Old Mechanism of How We Hear Sounds

Researchers have identified several novel functional mechanisms related to the inner hair cells of the ear. The findings may upend numerous longstanding theories about the working anatomical organization and workings of the ear, as well as provide new avenues for the development of technologies to improve hearing.

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·June 28, 2018·5 min read

Novel Drug Therapy Partially Restores Hearing: Mouse Study

Researchers have been able to partially restore hearing in mouse models of an inherited form of progressive human deafness with the help of a small molecule based drug.