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Question 1

the sense or act of hearing

Answer 1

audition

Question 2

what sound frequency do we hear the best

Answer 2

human voice

Question 3

Why are those with normal hearing acutely sensitive to fain sound

Answer 3

its from ancestor’s survival when hunting or being hunted, or fighting OR a child’s whimper

Question 4

we hear both ___and___conduction

Answer 4

air, bone

Question 5

the amplitude of sound waves determines thier

Answer 5

loudness

Question 6

their length or frequency determines the____we experience

Answer 6

pitch

Question 7

Every ___decibles correspond to a tenfold increase in sound intensity

Answer 7

10

Question 8

How loud is normal conversation

Answer 8

60 decibles

Question 9

1st in order of how we hear

Answer 9

outer ear

Question 10

2nd in order of how we hear

Answer 10

auditory canal

Question 11

3rd in order of how we hear

Answer 11

eardrum

Question 12

4th in order of how we hear

Answer 12

middle ear (hammer anvil and stirrup)

Question 13

5th in order of how we hear

Answer 13

(jostling fluid) oval window of the cochlea

Question 14

6th in order of how we hear

Answer 14

basilar membrane

Question 15

7th in order of how we hear

Answer 15

hair receptor cells

Question 16

8th in order of how we hear

Answer 16

auditory nerve, which sens neural messages (via the thamalus)

Question 17

9th in order of how we hear

Answer 17

auditory cortex

Question 18

caused by damage to the cochlea’s receptor cells or to the auditory nerves

Answer 18

sensorineural hearing loss/ nerve deafness

Question 19

hearing loss caused by damage to the mechanical system that conducts sound waves to the cochela

Answer 19

conduction hearing loss

Question 20

What are 3 major explanations for nerve deafness

Answer 20

-biological changes liked to heredity
-aging
-prolonged exposure to ear-splitting noise or music

Question 21

sounds over ____ decibels are damaging

Answer 21

100

Question 22

ringing to ear is equivalent of

Answer 22

bleeding ears

Question 23

who does the most self-harm to their hearing

Answer 23

teenage boys and men

Question 24

the only way to restore hearing for people with nerve deafness is a sort of bionic ear

Answer 24

cochlear implant

Question 25

The brain can interpret loudness from the

Answer 25

number of hair cells