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The _____converts sound vibrations into electrical impulses.

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The "hair cells" in the cochlea of the inner ear convert sound vibrations into electrical impulses. Up to that point, it's all mechanical vibrations.

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They send the sound waves to the inner ear and into the fluid-filled hearing organ (cochlea). Once the sound waves reach the inner ear, they are converted into electrical impulses.

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