hair cell
noun
: a cell with hairlike processes
especially
: one of the sensory cells in the auditory epithelium of the organ of Corti
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Participants who had been infected with COVID were also 3.5 times more likely to experience sensorineural hearing loss, which occurs when damage occurs to the hair cells in the inner ear, the vestibulocochlear nerve connecting the inner ear to the brain, or the brain’s central processing centers.
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Maggie O'Neill, Health, 11 Sep. 2024
The loops inside the inner ear, called semicircular canals, can sense these movements using fluid and hair cells.
—Discover Magazine, 29 Jan. 2024
With many of the other mutations that cause deafness, hair cells die during infancy or even at the fetal stage.
—Gina Kolata, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2024
Sound sets off a wave of fluid in the cochlea and stimulates the hair cells to transmit signals to the brain.
—Gina Kolata, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2024
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Maggie O'Neill, Health, 11 Sep. 2024
The loops inside the inner ear, called semicircular canals, can sense these movements using fluid and hair cells.
—Discover Magazine, 29 Jan. 2024
With many of the other mutations that cause deafness, hair cells die during infancy or even at the fetal stage.
—Gina Kolata, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2024
Sound sets off a wave of fluid in the cochlea and stimulates the hair cells to transmit signals to the brain.
—Gina Kolata, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2024
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“Hair cell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hair%20cell. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.
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