inner ear. noun. Medical Definition of inner ear. : the essential part of the vertebrate organ of hearing and equilibrium that typically is located in the temporal bone, is innervated by the auditory nerve, and includes the vestibule, the semicircular canals, and the cochleaâcalled also internal ear.
It was found that the hepatitis C virus could survive on surfaces for at least 16 hours but no longer than 4 days. 1 In a study released in 2013, Yale researchers found that the hepatitis C virus could live on surfaces for up to six weeks at room temperature (39.2 to 71.6 Fahrenheit). 2 Syringes In 2010 a study was released detailing how long the hepatitis C virus lives inside a syringe.
SUMMARY: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) can survive under certain conditions for prolonged periods in syringes used to inject drugs, thereby increasing the potential for HCV transmission, researchers reported at the 17th Conference on Retroviruses & Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2010) last week in San Francisco.