"Discovery of hair-cell roots suggests the brain modulates sound sensitivity"

[QuietGuy]

The hair cells of the inner ear have a previously unknown “root” extension that may allow them to communicate with nerve cells and the brain to regulate sensitivity to sound vibrations and head position, researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine have discovered.

↳Click here to read the full article. (Discovery of hair-cell roots suggests the brain modulates sound sensitivity | (e) Science News)

[SteveO]

Now that’s pretty amazing science right there. Who would have thunk that inserting a razor to shave the inner ear all these years was a bad idea

[QuietGuy]

Inserting a razor to shave the inner ear? :(Bah! Back in my day we use tweezer to yank those ear whiskers out.