You may have been sporting a bit of ear hair for years or maybe just noticed some for the first time. Either way, you could be wondering what the deal is with the hair growing on or in your ears.

The outer hair cells are located near the center of the basilar membrane where vibrations will be greatest while the basilar membrane is anchored under the inner hair cells (see Figure 5). These ...

T he act of hearing is like a ballroom dance, scientist Jaime García-Añoveros says. Tiny hair cells lined up in the outer ear leap and sway, transmitting sound’s vibrations to other hair cells ...

Terminal hair: This is the coarser, more visible hair that grows within the ear canal and at the base of the outer ear. We’re most familiar with this type of hair when discussing ear hair.

The human inner ear has a type of cell called the outer hair cell. These were thought to amplify sounds from the environment. However, a new study based on hearing in gerbils shows these cells are ...

Outer hair cells are isolated from the organ of Corti and kept alive to record their electromotility while recording their movements on video. During these experiments the outer hair cells will ...

The ear's tiny outer hair cells adjust the sensitivity of neighbouring inner hair cells to sound levels rather than acting like an amplifier, suggests a new study published today in eLife.

OUTER EAR HAIR The hair growing along the edges outside your ears can be a little trickier than inner ear hair. First, you definitely do not want to try and cut the outer ear hair with a ...

The ear's tiny outer hair cells adjust the sensitivity of neighboring inner hair cells to sound levels rather than acting like an amplifier, suggests a new study published today in eLife.

It’s rare to have very long hair on your outer ear. It’s most common in men who live in India and Sri Lanka. It’s rare, but babies born to women with diabetes can have hairy ears.