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Soundwaves travel through the air and the ear flap directs the sound into the ear canal. the ear canal takes it to the ear drum, the ear drum vibrates, hitting the hammer which moves the anvil then, the stirrup acts like a piston.

Sound is caused by oscillations in matter. The frequency, tone, ect. are based on the material, it's mass, it's density, and many other factors. Oscillations in matter, which are cause by a force or transfer of energy, travel as waves and as such need a medium in which they transfer. If someone were to slam their hand on a desk; this is what would happen: The forced vibration in the table would attempt to travel in all directions and the wave would hit every particle all around it. Once the energy from the eave has been transfered it need to transfer elsewhere and so it hits another particle which hits another which hits another in a domino like effect. The ear is designed to picked up these vibrations in the ear from every angle and so it does. The energy flows into the ear and hits the ear drum, which transmits the sound through bone called "ossicles". The energy continues to flow down into the middle ear . The Cochlea, which is fluid filled, receives vibrations from the ossicles and the air in the middle ear. The fluid is thus set into motion from different angles and the mechanical energy from the fluid flows against thounsands of tiny hairs (or hair cells). The hair cells then convert this mechanical energy into electrical energy via neurotransmitter (chemical) to nerve cells (Vestibular cochlear nerve). The information from the elctrical pulses are picked up by the brain and the brain determines the frequency, pitch, volume, tone, timbre, distortion level, and direction of sound. The brain then reproduces the sound in your head. Amazing really...

Also, the fluid in the Cochlear also gives you a sense of balance. When you turn your head to one side; the fluid flows to on side which displaces the tiny hairs. Try turning your head to one side and you'll feel what I'm talking about.

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  • Your middle ear translates sounds that enter your outer ear into vibrations that can be... Ruptured eardrum.
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Sound waves enter the ear and come into contact with the thin skin on the eardrum, vibrating it. This vibration continues to the attached bones; malleus, incus and stapes. It then goes to a drumlike structure, called the "round window", on the cochlea, causing the fluid inside to move, which then causes the hairs inside to move. When they are moved, signals are sent to the brain and interpreted.

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Sound is amplified by the eardrum which vibrates when the wave hits it. Them the vibrations are transmitted to the three small bones, the hammer anvil and stirruo. These bones amplify the vibrations and then send energy to the fluid-filled cochles in the inner ear, the vibrations reach hair-tipped cells that generate signals that are then sent to the brain.

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The human ear is composed of three parts, The outer, inner and middle ear. Sound of any sort travels first through the outer ear, then to the middle ear and on to the inner ear, where we hear it and sometimes even feel it. Each part of the ear performs a job that allows the next part of the ear to do its job better.

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Usually the sound comes as sound pressure waves from outside the head, goes through the ear canal and hits the ear drum.

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Shape of your ear lobe is designed in such a way that the sound waves get concentrated to ear drum.

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it passes threw the wind and enters the inner ear

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Through the Ear Canal.

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What is the part of the your ear we can see is?

The three sections are the outer ear, middle ear, and inner ear. There are links below to the images of the ear's anatomy.


What external ear structure catches sound waves?

'Vibration' isn't captured by the outer ear. It is a sound that is captured through 'bone conduction'. Many hard of hearing or 'deaf' people pick up vibration through their skeletal structure. The Inner ear (the cochlear) is primarilarly bone, where the hair cells live which, by an electrical conversion process, tells the brain, that it has 'heard' a sound. In 'normal' or 'average hearing people', sound is captured by the outer ear in the 'concha',(the shell like part of the ear) and fed into the ear canal towards the eardrum and then into the inner ear. Blockages such as wax can inhibit the transmission of sound through the 'normal' hearing process but usually age contributes to hearing loss in the same way that joints, sight etc deteriorate through advanced ageing. This is due to a 'wearing away' of the hair cells of the inner ear.


What are the three small parts of ears?

The different Parts of the Human EarThe three major parts of the human ear are the outer ear, the middle ear and the inner ear.Outer Ear: The outer ear consists of the following two parts:Ear Flap (Pinna)Ear Canal (Meatus)Middle Ear: consists of the following parts:Eardrum -HammerAnvil (Incus)Stirrup (Stapes)Inner Ear (Labyrinth): The inner ear comprises the following parts:CochleaSemicircular Canals -Auditory Nerve


What parts of the ear are responsible for hearing?

there are 3 part's... the outer ear, the inner ear, and the middle ear. all of these are responsible for hearing but the inner is for balance also.


What part of the ear receives sound waves first?

The auricle or pinna of the outer ear acts like a horn to capture the sound waves which are then tunneled into the auditory canal and strike the tympanic membrane (eardrum).

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What is the function of the eardrum inner ear and outer ear?

to transmit sound entering the outer ear to the bones of the middle ear


The middle ear is what?

is responsible for transmitting sound waves from the outer ear to the inner ear


What is the purpose of the outer ear?

The outer ear helps sound to travel to the inner ear. It is responsible for collecting sound waves and directing them to the middle ear via the auditory canal.


What does the outer ear?

The outer ear helps funnel sound (vibrations) into the inner ear, increasing the number of quieter things you can hear.


Function of pinna or outer ear?

The pinna helps focus sound into the inner ear and determine the direction from which the sound originates.


What does the middle ear do?

transmits sound from the outer ear to the inner ear. -Drkanswers Your welcome! =) Hope this helped!! Bye!


What channel connects to the outer ear to the inner ear?

the stirrup connects to the outer ear to the inner ear


Why is the outer ear soft and flat?

So sound waves can bounce off the ear into the inner part.


What are the functions of the three main parts of the human ear?

The three main parts of the ear are the outer ear, middle ear and the inner ear. The outer ear's function is to funnel or pass sound waves through the ear to the middle ear. The middle ear's function is to protect the inner ear from damaging sounds. In the inner ear, sound waves are converted into nerve impulses which are transmitted to the brain to be interpreted. The inner ear also serves as the main organ of balance for the body.


The functions of the three main parts of the human ear?

The three main parts of the ear are the outer ear, middle ear and the inner ear. The outer ear's function is to funnel or pass sound waves through the ear to the middle ear. The middle ear's function is to protect the inner ear from damaging sounds. In the inner ear, sound waves are converted into nerve impulses which are transmitted to the brain to be interpreted. The inner ear also serves as the main organ of balance for the body.


Do fish have a outer ear or inner ear?

well... if you see the fish's ear on the outside then it has an outer ear but if not then the fish has an inner ear.


What is the name given to the channel that connects the outer ear to inner ear?

The stirrup connects the outer ear to the inner ear