Sensory hair cells of the inner ear are exposed to continuous mechanical stress, causing
damage over time. The maintenance of hair cells is further challenged by damage from a …

Sensory hair cells of the inner ear are responsible for translating auditory or vestibular
stimuli into electrical energy that can be perceived by the nervous system. Although hair …

Cochlear hair cells are mechanoreceptors of the auditory system and cannot spontaneously
regenerate in adult mammals; thus hearing loss due to hair cell damage is permanent. In …

Sensory hair cells are specialized mechanotransductive receptors required for hearing and
vestibular function. Loss of hair cells in humans and other mammals is permanent and …

In humans, most hearing loss results from death of hair cells, the mechanosensory receptors
of the inner ear. Two goals of current hearing research are to protect hair cells from …

Death of mechanosensory cells in the inner ear results in two profound disabilities: hearing
loss and balance disorders. Although mammals lack the capacity to regenerate hair cells …

Sensory hair cells are mechanoreceptors of the auditory and vestibular systems and are
crucial for hearing and balance. In adult mammals, auditory hair cells are unable to …

Neurosensory responses of hearing and balance are mediated by receptors in specialized
neuroepithelial sensory cells. Any disruption of the biochemical and molecular pathways …

Sound detection by inner ear hair cells requires tip links that interconnect mechanosensory
stereocilia and convey force to yet unidentified transduction channels. Current models …

Hair cells are sensory cells that transduce motion into neural signals. In the cochlea, they
are used to detect sound waves in the environment and turn them into auditory signals that …