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How your ear turns air pressure into perception
From eardrum to a coiled piano keyboard inside the skull, with 15,000 hair cells that do not grow back, and a 2026 finding that…
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Wednesday, October 28, 2026 · The Sunday letter

From eardrum to a coiled piano keyboard inside the skull, with 15,000 hair cells that do not grow back, and a 2026 finding that…