If you experimentally reduce the concentration of K⁺ in the extracellular fluid surrounding hair cells in the inner ear,the result would be like which of the following?

A)decreasing the volume of sound reaching the hair cells
B)increasing the volume of sound reaching the hair cells
C)decreasing the frequency of sound reaching the hair cells
D)increasing the frequency of sound reaching the hair cells
E)both decreasing the volume and frequency of sound reaching the hair cells