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Receives sounds and sends them through the auditory canal to the eardrum?
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Why can't we hear when we have a lot of ear wax?
Because in order for us to hear, sound waves need to reach the eardrum - which vibrates - creating the sounds. Excessive earwax blocks the sound-waves reaching the eardrum, which reduces the volume of sounds.
What is the purpose of the bone in the middle ear?
The auditory ossicles are located in the middle ear. Their function is to transmit and amplify the sound vibrations from the tympanic membrane (eardrum) to the oval window.· tympanic side = malleus or hammer· middle = incus or anvil· oval window side = stapes or stirrup
How do sound waves reach your ears?
The path that it undergoes is:1.Eardrum,2.Ear Bones,3.Cochlea,4.Auditory Nerve.+++Yes, that's the anatomy but not the answer to that question, which actually almost answers itself. Sound is a series of pressure-waves travelling through the air (or water).
What is the purpose of ossicles?
The ossicles are the three smallest bones in the human body. They are located in the middle ear and conduct and amplify sound vibrations from the eardrum to the oval window. They are named for their structure:tympannic side = malleus or hammermiddle = incus or anviloval window side = stapes or stirrup
What is auditory stimuli?
Sensory stimuli are items or occasions that trigger some sort of response by the senses. Examples include lights, sounds and smells.
How sound gets to the eardrum?
Sounds entering the ear canal through the air as sound pressure variations come to the eardrum and are send to the cochlea of the inner ear.
What job does the eardrum?
The eardrum sends sounds entering the ear canal through the air as sound pressure variations to the cochlea of the inner ear. By Lilly Rogers xxx
What is aural in dance?
Auditory stimulus is sounds that are heard. The auditory stimulus for dance is the music, and includes percussion instrument sounds, human voice sounds, and nature or environmental sounds.
What are sound effects?
Sounds are vibrations carried through a solid, liquid, or gas. The Eardrum picks up these vibrations, which vibrate the Eardrum, and send the signal through the auditory nerve where the brain deciphers the signal.
What is relation between listening and hearing?
Hearing is something that happens when the sound hits your eardrum and its converted to signals which the auditory nerves send to the brain and the brain interprets them as sounds. Listening is a skill, where you interpret the sounds signals into a message which then can be acted upon or reacted to (such as giving an answer, or taking some action as responding to a command).
Does sounds have to bounce off of something to be heard?
yes. The eardrum.
How do you the eardrum vibrate to loud sounds?
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How the sound get to your ears?
Sound waves travel through the air and when it goes into your ear, the eardrum transforms the sounds into vibrations that go through the ossicles (malleus, incus, and stapes bones) and then you hear stuff.
How does the brain interpret sound waves?
After sound waves come in through the ear and are funneled through the eardrum to make it vibrate, the malleus (hammer) transmits the vibration to the incus (anvil), which passes the vibration on to the stapes (stirrup). Then hair cells convert the mechanical vibration to electrical signals, which in turn excite the fibers of the auditory nerve. The auditory nerve then carries the signals to the brain stem. From there, nerve fibers send the information to the auditory cortex, the part of the brain involved in perceiving sound. In the auditory cortex, adjacent neurons respond to tones of similar frequency, but they specialize in different combinations. Some respond to pure tones, and some to complex sounds. Some respond to long sounds and some to short, and some to sounds that rise or fall in frequency. Other neurons might combine information from these neurons to recognize a word or an instrument. Sound is processed on both sides of the brain, but often the left side is specialized in language. Damage to the left auditory cortex can leave someone able to hear but unable to understand words.
Which pathway sounds take when entering the ear?
pinna-eardrum-ossicle-ovalwindow-cochlea..
Sounds are interpreted in the area of the temporal lobe called the?
auditory association area
What does the middle ear cavity hold?
The three little bones are auditory impediance matched to hear sound -- it's a live system that keeps most of the sound energy from being reflected away from the eardrum. Too, if the sounds are too loud, the impedance can be slightly mismatched to cut the volume. What was said above.
