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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Tinnitus is sometimes linked to high calcium concentrations in cochlear cells—sensory hair cells inside and outside the ear that help your brain interpret sounds. —

Carley Millhone, Health, 20 Oct. 2024 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. —

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 See all Example Sentences for hair cell