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Vibrations from sound waves first enter the outer ear, traveling through the ear canal to the eardrum, causing it to vibrate. These vibrations are transmitted to the three tiny bones in the middle ear (the malleus, incus, and stapes), which amplify the sound. The stapes then transfers the vibrations to the oval window of the cochlea in the inner ear, where they create fluid waves that stimulate hair cells, ultimately converting the vibrations into electrical signals for the brain.

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What occurs when sound waves don't pass through the outer to the inner ear?

You don't hear anything. They don't actually have to get there through the outer ear. If your ear is plugged, or if your 'tympanum' (ear drum) is broken, the vibrations can conduct through the bone that you feel behind your ear. But they do have to get to the inner ear somehow. If vibrations don't reach the cochlea in the inner ear, then you don't hear anything.


How does the ear interprets sound?

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