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After sound waves come in through the ear and are funneled through the eardrum to make it vibrate, the malleus (hammer) transmits the vibration to the incus (anvil), which passes the vibration on to the stapes (stirrup).
Then hair cells convert the mechanical vibration to electrical signals, which in turn excite the fibers of the auditory nerve. The auditory nerve then carries the signals to the brain stem. From there, nerve fibers send the information to the auditory cortex, the part of the brain involved in perceiving sound.
In the auditory cortex, adjacent neurons respond to tones of similar frequency, but they specialize in different combinations. Some respond to pure tones, and some to complex sounds. Some respond to long sounds and some to short, and some to sounds that rise or fall in frequency. Other neurons might combine information from these neurons to recognize a word or an instrument.
Sound is processed on both sides of the brain, but often the left side is specialized in language. Damage to the left auditory cortex can leave someone able to hear but unable to understand words.
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Sound is a from of?
Waves and vibrations in the air, Picked up by little hairs in your ears that vibrate and reproduce the sound into a form your brain can interpret. (very short and bare bones answer but that is jist of it)
What is the purpose of an eardrum?
Sound vibrations hit against it and then the waves are sent thru your ear, so that your brain can interpret the sounds. Without it, you wouldn't be able to hear!
How does our brain interpret the highness or lowness of a sound?
"pitch"
What part of the brain are used for the ears?
The temporal lobe of the brain is where interpret sound.
Why do sound need waves?
to get to your brain
What does the brain interpret stimuli from the hair cells in the cochlea as?
Sound
How is sound transimitted?
Sound is the compression of molecules and atoms in waves which can have different frequencies amplitudes and wavelengths that determine how we interpret the sound.
How do sound waves produce sound?
They vibrate your ear drums and your brain translates that into sound.
What is another word for sound wave?
Sound waves are vibrations that travel through a medium, such as air, to be received and perceived by the brain. Other words for sound waves include acoustic waves, longitudinal waves, compression waves, and transverse waves.
How does the human brain perceive infrared sound wave reflections from stationary metal objects?
The term "infrared" refers to electromagnetic waves, not to sound waves.
What transmits sound waves to the inner ear making waves in the fluid in the cochlea?
The ossicles amplify the sound. They send the sound waves to the inner ear and into the fluid-filled hearing organ (cochlea). ... The auditory nerve sends these impulses to the brain. The brain then translates these electrical impulses as sound.
How can you hear other then Sound Waves?
Hearing depends on sound waves which vibrate the ear drum and are translated into impulses which are fed to the brain.
