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The Organ of Corti is the sensory receptor inside the cochlea which holds the hair cells, the nerve receptors for hearing. The mechanical energy from movement of the middle ear bones pushes in a membrane (the oval window) in the cochlea. This force moves the cochlea's fluids that, in turn, stimulate tiny hair cells.
Organ of Corti. (inside cochlea) organ located in the cochlea; contains receptors (hair cells) that receive vibrations and generate nerve impulses for hearing -------sense organ of hearing; runs along length of basilar membrane; consists of hair and support cells that react to the traveling wave. î î î.----- Sensorineural deafness: caused by the impairment if hair cells in the cochlea or damage of the cochlear branch of the vestibulocochlear nerve. -------Conduction deafness: caused by impairment of the outer and middle ear mechanisms for transmitting sounds to the cochlea.