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Technically sound is classified as a vibration of the air, so if there is a sound traveling through it, it travels at the speed of sound, which is 768 mph. The inner parts of the ear will be slower. The auditory ossicles are mechanical, so they will delay the sound accordingly, a small fraction of a second. Then when the auditory nerve is stimulated to send its message to the temporal lobe of the brain, it follows a myelinated path along the axons and can travel up to 200 mph.
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Which section of the ear sends messages to the brain about sounds?
That's the inner ear ... where the fluid in the cochlea tickles the cilia on its walls, then the little cilia tickle the ends of nerves. From there, it's just a short hop through the nerves to the brain. They get a direct, non-stop, and don't even have to travel via the spinal cord.
What is the measure of how loud or soft a sound is?
sound can be whatever you want it to be. As quiet or as loud as you want it. To be safe, don't turn the music or sound up too loud because it will/could shatter your ear drums. And also, you do not want it too quiet to where you can't even hear it.
What is the cycle of a waveform?
goes through your ear and out the other...
What is the construction and working principle of microphone?
Electric energy cause a membrane to move by turning into mechanical energy. The movement of the membrane causes the air pressure to besequentially increased and rarefied. This "train" of increased and rearefied air pressure propagates into the room, and if it strikes our ear drums we perceive it as sound.
What are good materials for soundproof ear muffs?
Good materials that are used in soundproof ear muffs include polyvinyl chloride and polyurethane. If ear plugs are desired the best options are moldable wax or silicone.
How does sound travel through the air to someone?
the sound waves reach the ear.
How does sound waves travel through air?
Sound travels through air much in the same way as waves travel through water. Sound must have a medium to travel through and can't travel in a vacuum. The sound vibrates one air molecule which in turn vibrates the next molecule in line, and so on. This happens very fast at around 760 mph in air.
How does sound travel through the air?
it travels because there are sound waves in the air and they vibrate in your ear.
How sound waves travel?
i would be beacuse you can not go through the ear drum
When a tree falls can sound waves travel?
Sound waves travel through matter. Our atmosphere is a mixture of gases which is a form of matter. Sound waves will travel through our atmosphere, even if there is no human ear to receive it.
Why does sound travel through the air?
Sounds vibrate the air molecules, when the vibrating molecules reach your ear, you ear the sound, there are no molecules in space, thus no sound in space
What three kinds of body parts do sound waves travel through before they reach the brain?
Outer ear, middle ear and inner ear
How sound travels through air and objects to the ear?
Sound travels through particles which vibrate in solids liquids or gases, which is why sound can't travel through vacuums like space.
Would sound waves traveling through the outer ear travel faster or slower than those traveling through the inner ear?
yes it can yes it can
Why don't we hear the sound explode on the sun?
Sound waves require something to travel through like air or water. The waves travel through this substance and into your ear, vibrating the eardrum. In the vacuum of space, there simply isn't enough of anything for the sound waves to travel through.
How does sound move through a medium?
Vibrations are carried through the atoms in a structure. When these vibrations travel through air, they are amplified by the ear drum and sensed by nerves as sound.
How does your ear work?
The sound waves (which have to travel through some kind of matter to exist) travel in your ear, then hit your eardrums, making them vibrate. These vibrations of your eardrums send a signal to your brain, telling it what sound has been made.
