Hearing

Question 0

Frequency

Answer 0

Number of complete wavelengths that pass a point in a given time

Question 1

Audition

Answer 1

Sense or act of hearing

Question 2

Pitch

Answer 2

Tones experience highness or lowness. Depends on frequency

The closer to the oval window the higher pitch it is

Question 3

Middle ear

Answer 3

Chamber between the eardrum and the cochlea containing three bones.
Oval window causes fluid through the cochlea

Question 4

Sound waves

Answer 4

Compression and expansion of air waves. Number of frequency equals the pitch of the waves
Ex: 20,000 high pitched
Slow wavy line bass note low pitched

Question 5

Amplitude

Answer 5

Loudness. Due to size of wave

Question 6

Three bones in the ear

Ossicles

Answer 6

Malleus- hammer
Incus- anvil
Stapes- stirrup
Tiniest bones in human body

Question 7

Conduction deafness

Answer 7

Sound waves not transmitted effectively to cochlea. Bones are stiff and the sound isn’t amplified enough. Hearing aid can help

Question 8

Sensorineural nerve deafness

Answer 8

Killed hair cells with loud music/old age. Damage to auditory nerve. Doesn’t grow back

Question 9

Inner ear

Answer 9

Contains cochlea semicircular canals and vestibular sacs. Innermost part of the ear

Question 10

Process

Answer 10

Sound waves enter outer ear-> channels waves through the auditor canal to the eardrum-> three tiny bones transmits them to the cochlea-> cochlea membrane vibrates-> causes ripples and bends hair cells-> triggers impulses in the nerve cells->auditory nerve sends messages through thalamus to brains temporal nerve