Pitch-Detection Secrets of the Inner Ear Unlocked

University of Virginia School of Medicine and the National Institute on Deafness and Communication Disorders researchers have discovered pitch-detection secrets of the inner ear. These findings are crucial to efforts to reverse hearing loss caused by age, loud sounds or other factors. The researchers have been studying the development of these cells in chickens, which, like many creatures, have a remarkable capacity humans lack: the ability to regrow the sound-detecting ...