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redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online One of the mechanisms involved in human hearing is similar to the operation of a car battery, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Iowa (UI). The scientists conducted their study using fruit flies, whose hearing mechanisms resemble that of humans. Specifically, the flies’ auditory system contains a protein that functions as a sodium/potassium pump, and is highly expressed in a specialized support cell...