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    Sound waves enter the ear and cause the eardrum to vibrate. These vibrations are transmitted through the middle ear bones to the cochlea, where they cause the hair cells to bend, triggering nerve impulses. The auditory nerve then sends these impulses to the auditory cortex of the brain, which interprets them as sound. There are two types of hearing loss - sensorineural, which damages the hair cells of the cochlea, and conduction, which damages the mechanical system conducting sound waves. The document discusses the process of hearing from sound waves to signal interpretation in the brain.

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    Sound waves enter the ear and cause the eardrum to vibrate. These vibrations are transmitted through the middle ear bones to the cochlea, where they cause the hair cells to bend, triggering nerve impulses. The auditory nerve then sends these impulses to the auditory cortex of the brain, which interprets them as sound. There are two types of hearing loss - sensorineural, which damages the hair cells of the cochlea, and conduction, which damages the mechanical system conducting sound waves. The document discusses the process of hearing from sound waves to signal interpretation in the brain.

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    Sound waves enter the ear and cause the eardrum to vibrate. These vibrations are transmitted through the middle ear bones to the cochlea, where they cause the hair cells to bend, triggering nerve impulses. The auditory nerve then sends these impulses to the auditory cortex of the brain, which interprets them as sound. There are two types of hearing loss - sensorineural, which damages the hair cells of the cochlea, and conduction, which damages the mechanical system conducting sound waves. The document discusses the process of hearing from sound waves to signal interpretation in the brain.

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    Sound waves enter the ear and cause the eardrum to vibrate. These vibrations are transmitted through the middle ear bones to the cochlea, where they cause the hair cells to bend, triggering nerve impulses. The auditory nerve then sends these impulses to the auditory cortex of the brain, which interprets them as sound. There are two types of hearing loss - sensorineural, which damages the hair cells of the cochlea, and conduction, which damages the mechanical system conducting sound waves. The document discusses the process of hearing from sound waves to signal interpretation in the brain.

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    How do we hear?

    By: Paul Bang

    Sound Waves

    Auditory Cortex

    Eardrum

    Hearing Loss

    Middle Ear

    References

    Cochlea
    Hair Cells
    Auditory Nerve

    What are Sound Waves?


    Sound waves cannot be seen by our eyes
    but it lets us hear how loud, high or low
    the sounds we hear are!
    Short wavelength = high frequency (high
    pitched sounds)
    Long wave length = low frequency (low
    pitched sounds)
    Great amplitude = loud sounds
    Small amplitudes = soft sounds

    The Eardrum
    Did you know when sound waves
    get to the eardrum, your
    eardrums vibrate?!
    The eardrum is inside your ear and
    plays a very important for you to
    hear sounds and listen to music!

    The Middle Ear


    The middle ear is the area between
    the eardrum and the cochlea
    containing three tiny bones; the
    hammer, anvil, and stirrup.
    These tiny bones picks up
    vibrations and transmits them to
    the cochlea.

    Cochlear
    Sound waves travel through the cochlear which
    triggers nerve impulses.
    The vibration causes ripples in the basilar
    membrane, bending the hair cells lining its
    surface.
    The snail shaped tube located
    in the inner ear.

    Hair Cells

    The cochlea has 16,000 hair cells

    Because of the special protein at the tip of


    the cell triggers a neural response and
    thanks to their extreme sensitivity and
    speed, hair cells are very responsive.

    Auditory Nerve
    The impulses that are received from the hair
    cells are transmitted to the auditory nerve.
    The auditory nerve sends neural messages
    (via the thalamus) to the auditory cortex
    which is in the brains temporal lobe.

    Auditory Cortex
    The auditory cortex, which is
    located in the brains temporal lobe,
    is where we process the sounds that
    we hear!
    Temporal lobe which is located
    at the lower lobe of the
    cerebral hemisphere.

    This part of the brain is what


    interprets all our hearing.

    Hearing Loss
    There are two types of hearing loss but the most common
    is sensorineural hearing loss.
    The culprit to hearing loss is the damage of the hair cells
    in the cochlea.
    Sensorineural Hearing Loss:
    The damage to the cochleas hair cell receptors can cause
    sensorineural hearing loss (or nerve deafness).
    Diseases can cause these receptors to be damaged but
    more often the culprits are biological changes linked with
    heredity, aging, and prolonged exposure to ear-splitting
    noise or music.

    Conduction Hearing Loss:


    Less common form of hearing loss caused by damage to
    the mechanical system that conducts sound waves to the
    cochlea.

    References
    All information was received
    from:
    Myers, D.G. (2015). Psychology
    (11th ed.). New York, NY: Worth
    Publishers.

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