Nerve Impulses Trasmitted by Sound Not Electricity

This really sets everything we've been taught on its ear. Danish scientists are claiming that nerve impulses are transmitted by sound rather than electricity.

Shortly after finding that article, I ran into this one: Tuning Out: Music Makes Colonoscopies Less Painful. I suppose it stands to reason.

And, when someone says "That loud music is really getting on my nerves!" it may be more literally true than we thought.