Did you know that our ears convert the light around us into sound?
How does this happen?
Why should you care?
First – I’ll explain the basics of how.
Ourcochlea is spiraled and covered internally with a pigment called melanin.
Melanin is way more than just a pigment – it’s akin to a computer chip (think semiconductor) that processes the information of light, using frequencies such as UV (ultraviolet) to structure how we perceive sound.
Aside from melanin, we have a crystal structure in our ear’s cochlea called the tectorial membrane that can process electrical signals, and convert the charged particles of photons into what are known as phonons (sound waves).
For a deeper dive into this process you can check out this article.
The melanin of our cochlea sits in a fluid called endolymph. This fluid contains potassium (K). All biochemical processes have an electrical component, as the voltage created from EMFs, both native (Sunlight) and non-native (WiFi, electrical outlets etc) create what are known as ions. These ions will then attract certain elements like potassium or calcium.
What powers the computer chip that is melanin?
Sunlight powers our bodies’ little batteries called mitochondria, causing a spark of electricity that the potassium (K) of our endolymph then uses to create UV light. Melanin then uses this light for crucial metabolic reactions such as fighting cancer.
The more UV we are able to absorb, the more melanin we build on our cochlear sound-proofing surface, which houses our sound-processing system.
You can think of potassium as our diode in this formula for life. A diode is a two-terminal electronic component that conducts current primarily in one direction.
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