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You got two ears. Usually the sound comes as pressure waves from outside the head, goes through the ear canal and hit one ear drum at an earlier time than the other and with a louder level than the other. You use that to decide the direction of the sound source. Also the concha is helpful to differentiate between front and rear. How the sound at the moving ear drum is converted to nerve pulses to reach your brain is very complicated and yet not full understood.
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Capable of being heard?
Audible sound waves reach the ear and are processed by the brain, allowing one to perceive the sound. This process enables individuals to be aware of and comprehend sounds in their environment.
Is the word sound a noun?
Yes, "sound" can function as both a noun and a verb. As a noun, it can refer to vibrations that travel through the air and can be heard by the ear.
Can your ears respond to sound?
Most animal and human ears do respond to sounds. The outer portion of the ear functions to amplify sound waves, which are then processed inside the ear.
What does the outer ear do to sound waves?
to funnel or pass sound waves through the ear to the middle ear
Do tiny vibrations carry sound through the air?
Vibrations through some medium ARE sound. Vibrations through the air are just one example. The air vibrates and when the vibrations hit human ear drums, they are heard.
What does the sound go past in you're ear?
The sound goes into your ear and through the eardrum.
How do you hear sound through the ear?
when you hear things, its really sound waves. the sound waves enter your ear, then it vibrates the ear drum.
What needed for a sound to be heard?
A conductor of sound (e.g. - air, water). Also, a receiver of sound (e.g. - an ear)
The correct order in which a sound stimulates the structures in the ear is?
There are no options to choose from here. You will first get the sound, have it encoded, then decoded and processed by the brain.
Can sound energy pass through gas?
Yes, sound energy can propagate through gas ( that's the reason we can hear as sound energy travels through the ear to the human ear.)
What part of your ear do sound waves enter through?
Ear canal
Which part of your ear sends the messages to your brain that you've heard a sound?
The cochlea
