Cochlea is a marvel of creator’s ingenuity and complex micro-engineering that can completely fit on a penny and is responsible for the complex functions of hearing and balance. If this is not a miracle, what is?

1/5 We start hearing in mummy’s tum tum when we are about 20 weeks of foetal age https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1061088/

2/5 In humans, the tiniest bones and muscles are present in the ear https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stapedius_muscle

3/5 The ear helps us not only in hearing but also balancing our body on 2 feet on this rotating and revolving sphere we call Planet earth. Intricate designing and engineering inside https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestibular_system

4/5 Our inner ear is housed in the strongest bone in the body and is one of the most metabolically active organs as it is always ‘switched on’ and never rests

http://www.cochlea.eu/en/cochlea/function

5/5 Hearing and brain health are intricately linked to each other in older adults. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(23)00048-8/fulltext