Hearing and hair cells.
Animal experiments and human temporal bone studies have indicated that hearing losses may occur in ears that have normal populations of sensory cells. The possibility exists that the hair cells have been rendered non-functional because of ultrastructural damage. Preliminary investigation of cilia on hair cells in areas of suspected damage shows no difference from cilia in similar areas of control ears.
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