by Linköping University Confocal micrograph of stereocilia on the inner (IHC) and outer (OHCs) hair cells, completely embedded in the tectorial membrane (TM). Credit: Pierre Hakizimana, CC-BY-4.0 First published in doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-22870-1 Researchers at Linköping University, Sweden, have made several discoveries on the functioning mechanisms of the inner hair cells of the ear, which convert sounds...