How does the ear hear sound through a wall?

Answer 1

The fleshy part of ear, the pinna, collects the sound. The sound wave then travels through the auditory canal which funnels the sound to the ear drum causing it to vibrate. The ear drum then amplifies the sound by vibration of bones. It is in the middle ear where sound energy is converted into mechanical energy. The cochlea in the inner ear converts the vibrations into electrical impulses before sending signals to the brain. The brain then interprets the impulses as sound.

Answer 2

your ear hears sounds through a wall because of basic physics. when a noise is made, the air particles move. the particles then transfer the engery they received onto another particle. this process continues till you can hear the sound (till the particles reach your ear) you can hear though a wall because the particles in the wall absorb the motion and transfer that motion onto other particles passing the sound through.

Answer 3

Through vibration through the dry walls.

But the sound could be faint. If you need to listen through a wall, I might want to use a contact mic and amplification device, such as one found at http://www.listenthroughwalls.com/.

Answer 4

Sound is a form of vibration that can pass through the air and some solid objects (like a wall).

We see by light waves which can't pass through most solid objects (like a wall).

A wall can be made of a substance through which light waves can pass (transparent or translucent), such as a glass wall. Walls in many public buildings are made of glass.

Answer 5

The ear is the sense organ that picks up sound waves from the surrounding air and turns them into nerve impulses that can be sent to the brain. The sound waves carry lots of information - language, music, and noises - all mixed up together.. The task of the ear is to turn the signals in these waves of bouncing air molecules into electrical nerve signals, while keeping as much of the information in the signal as possible. (Then it's the brain's job to sort the signals and make sense out of them.) It's not easy to turn one kind of signal into another kind without losing information, but the ear is well designed for the task.

When something vibrates, the vibrations can travel as waves through solids, liquids, and gases. Even animals that have no ears can often feel these vibrations. But in order to understand language and hear music, the brain has to be given more information than just "there'"s a vibration". It needs to know the frequency and amplitude of all the waves that the ear is collecting. Interestingly,, the ear sends this information to the brain very accurately by turning the sound waves in the air (vibrations in a gas) into vibrations in bones (solid), and then into waves in a fluid in the inner ear (a liquid), before they become (electrical) nerve signals. This might seem like a lot of unnecessary translation,, but it allows the sense of hearing to be both sturdy and very sensitive.

Answer 6

Sound waves create vibrations that can travel through solid materials like walls. When sound waves hit a wall, they cause it to vibrate, and these vibrations can then travel through the wall and be picked up by the ear on the other side, allowing us to hear the sound.

Answer 7

yes