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Your ears pick up sound which travels in invisible waves through the air. Sound occurs when a moving or vibrating object causes the air around it to move. Sound waves travel down the ear canal and hit the eardrum in the middle ear. This causes the eardrum to vibrate. Three tiny bones in your middle ear link the vibrating eardrum to the cochlea in the inner ear. The cochlea is filled with liquid that carries the vibrations to thousands of tiny hair cells sitting on a membrane that stretches the length of the cochlea. The hair cells on the membrane fire off tiny electrical signals. These electrical signals travel up the cochlea nerves of the auditory pathway to the brain. All this happens in a fraction of a second.
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What causes you to hear a clap?
Your ears pick up the sound.
What sre sound waves?
Sound waves are longitudinal vibrations through matter that ears can pick up as sound.
Are your ears used just for hearing?
Yes, your ears are just devices that pick up vibrations and interpret them into "sound".
Why do foxes ears point forwards as sounds detectors?
Ears of the fox point forward because they can pick up more sound with the sound waves coming directly into their ear lobes. The bigger the ears, the more sound the animal will pick up.Congratulations, you answered your own question. That is exactly what ears are for.senses
How do chihuahua's ears help them?
Chihuahuas ears are like radars and are extremely helpful as they pick up almost every sound.
How does your ears pick up sound?
Your ears don't pick up the sound, by the way. Well, you should know that sound is actually a wave that is vibrating. When sound is realeased, the wave travels until it halts. IF your in the distance of the waves aim, the wave will hit your ear drum. Then it vibrates into your ear, and your brain translates it for you. Then you hear sound.
Why do foxes have pointed ears?
When a fox's ears move forward, just like when dogs move their ears forward, they're attempting to focus all of their ears to one spot. This helps them hear faint sounds, which for foxes mostly helps in hunting the small, skittish animals that make up their diet.
How do loud noises damage hearing?
Ears pick up vibrations (sound). To much sound causes the ear drum to vibrate excessively
Why do people use a tape recorder for ghost hunting?
Because sometimes a recorder can pick up sound better than your ears so if theres just the slightest bit of sound it should pick it up
What makes it possible for your ear to hear?
your ears pick up vibrations called sound waves in the air and we inperpret these as 'sounds'
Why do rabbits keep turning their big sound collectin ears?
To pick up all the sounds to see if there is any danger.
Why can't you hear clearly underwater?
Sound waves accessible by humans are attenuated in water.
