During his adventures around the galaxy, Arthur Dent relied on an earpiece that deciphered all the strange alien languages he heard. Similarly, receptors in the ear encode sound waves into neural activity that the brain can understand, a process called

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Transduction is the process by which sensory receptors convert physical signals from the environment into neural signals that are sent to the brain. In the context of hearing, it refers to the conversion of sound waves into electrical signals by the hair cells in the inner ear.

During His Adventures Around the Galaxy, Arthur Dent Relied on an Earpiece