Tony Gill
Genetics Graduate Student in the Whitehead Lab
University of California - Davis
University of California - Davis
Tiny specialized vibration detectors called hair cells send signals from the inner ear to the brain that are interpreted as sound and spatial orientation. If too many of these microscopic structures are destroyed by disease or injury, permanent hearing loss can occur. That may be a problem for humans and other mammals, but not for fish, amphibians, reptiles, and birds. They can regenerate their hair cells and avoid going deaf.
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