What can we say about ear hair besides it’s a fact of life. You may not have ever noticed your ear hair, in which case you’re lucky. Ear hair is the type of thing you don’t notice until you ...

A new study details an efficient and scalable method to generate human inner ear hair-like cells in the lab, potentially offering a new tool for hearing loss research.

[MUSIC PLAYING] KIM RICHARDSON: Hair in your ears and nose is a good thing. It keeps junk in the air from getting in your body. It can start getting a little crazy as we get older, though -- and ...

Hair cells have tiny, bristle-like tufts that stick out – called cilia – that look a little bit like hairs. Those hair cells are why we can hear. First, sounds funnel into our ears.