The process in which relatively unspecialized cells, acquire specialized structural and/or functional features of inner ear receptor cells. Inner ear receptor cells are mechanorecptors found in the inner ear responsible for transducing signals involved in balance and sensory perception of sound. (Gene Ontology, GO_0060113)
15 genes participating in the inner ear receptor cell differentiation biological process from the curated GO Biological Process Annotations 2015 dataset.