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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.
Why does a jet engine sound louder than a lawn mower from the same distance?
A jet engine sounds louder than a lawn mower primarily due to its higher thrust and the complex mechanics of sound production. Jet engines generate significant noise from both the high-speed exhaust gases and the large volume of air they displace, which creates powerful sound waves. In contrast, lawn mowers, while noisy, operate at lower speeds and produce less intense sound waves. Additionally, the frequency of the sound produced by a jet engine tends to be in a range that is perceived as louder to the human ear.
What three kinds of body parts do sound waves travel through before they reach the brain?
Sound waves travel through the outer ear, then the middle ear, before reaching the inner ear where they are converted into electrical signals that travel to the brain through the auditory nerve.
Would sound waves traveling through the outer ear travel faster or slower than those traveling through the inner ear?
Sound waves would travel faster through the outer ear than through the inner ear. This is because the outer ear consists of less dense air, which allows sound waves to travel more quickly. In contrast, the inner ear is filled with fluid, which is denser and slows down the speed at which sound waves travel.
How does sound travel directly to the eardrum through the ear canal?
Sound waves travel through the ear canal and reach the eardrum, which vibrates in response to the sound waves. The vibrations are then transmitted to the tiny bones in the middle ear, which amplify the sound and send it to the inner ear where it is converted into electrical signals that are sent to the brain for processing.
Where do sound waves enter through?
Sound waves enter through the ear canal, where they travel to the ear drum. The ear drum vibrates in response to the sound waves, transmitting the vibrations to the inner ear where they are converted into electrical signals that the brain can interpret as sound.
How does sound travel through the air?
it travels because there are sound waves in the air and they vibrate in your ear.
How do sound waves travel through the ear and enable us to hear?
Sound waves travel through the ear canal and cause the eardrum to vibrate. These vibrations are then transmitted through the middle ear bones to the cochlea in the inner ear. Inside the cochlea, tiny hair cells convert the vibrations into electrical signals that are sent to the brain, allowing us to perceive sound.
How sound waves travel?
i would be beacuse you can not go through the ear drum
Why do you hear the sound with your right ear before your left ear?
The difference in hearing the sound with your right ear before your left ear is due to the time it takes for the sound waves to travel from the source to each ear. Sound waves travel faster through air than through the bones in your skull, which causes a slight delay in hearing the sound with the ear furthest from the source.
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
How does the sound travel in your ear?
Sound waves enter the ear canal and cause the eardrum to vibrate. These vibrations are transmitted through the three small bones in the middle ear, which amplify the sound. The vibrations then travel to the cochlea in the inner ear, where they are converted into electrical signals that are sent to the brain for processing.
How does sound pass through the ears?
Sound waves enter the outer ear and travel down the ear canal to the ear drum. The ear drum vibrates in response to the sound waves, which then pass through the middle ear bones (ossicles) and into the inner ear. In the inner ear, the sound waves are converted to electrical signals that are sent to the brain via the auditory nerve.
