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Sound and Hearing Flashcards

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what is sound?

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  • sound is produced when matter is acted upon
  • vibration that propagates as an acoustic wave
  • sound energy
  • produced in many activities (Eg. voice)
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what are the two properties of sound?

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amplitude (loudness) and frequency (pitch)

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what is the frequency?

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  • measured in hertz (cycles per second)
  • pitch is the frequency of waves in a given amount of time - depends of frequency
  • higher pitch - higher frequency
  • lower pitch - lower frequency
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what is amplitude?

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  • sound pressure level
    -magnitude of sound - loudness
    -measured in decibels - 70 dBA or lower is safe hw 85 dBA or higher can damage your hearing
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why is hearing useful?

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helps us converse with other people, learn by listening, hear music and shows and podcasts and alert us of dangers

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what are the hearing structures for the outer ear?

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pinna - funnel sound energy toward ear
external auditory meatus
tympatic membrane

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what are the hearing structures for the middle ear?

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ossicles - 3 bones in ear
ligaments and muscles

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what are the hearing structures in the inner ear?

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cochlea
auditory nerve

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when do we do our best hearing?

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because of the shape of the ear we do our best hearing face to face - funnel and capture info and magnifies the sound

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external auditory meatus - description of the structure

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  • small opening surrounded by cartilage (makes up the pinna)
  • medial two thirds are bony
  • proximal end is closed at the T.M
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role of the external auditory meatus

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  • conducts sound energy from concha to the T.M
  • role is resonator- amplify certain pitches/ freq or sound b4 reaching the tympatic membrane
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tympatic membrane - description of the outer ear structure

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  • 8-10mm diameter with 3 layers (0.0001m thick)
  • “cone of light” via otoscope - see the bottom portion will shine
  • used to be labelled the eardrum - now the TM
  • boundary bw outer and middle ear
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tympatic membrane - function of the outer ear structure

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  • function is that sound energy is funneled in
  • hits membrane and causes it to vibrate from sound energy
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ossicles - structure within the middle ear

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  • smallest bone in the human body
  • extends from human body extending
    from T.M to oval window of cochlea
  • 3 ossicles in ear- malleus (hammer), incus (anvil), stapes (stirrup)
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ossicles - function within the middle ear

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amplify the sound energy applied to the T.M to the fluid in the cochlea

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pharyngotympanic or eustachian tube - structure within the middle ear

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  • Aka. The auditory tube
  • 3.8 cm tube running from middle ear to nasopharynx
  • cartilaginous and flexible toward the nasopharynx where it is usually closed
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pharyngotympanic or eustachian tube - function within the middle ear

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  • opens occasionally to equalise the pressure in middle ear
  • also functions to drainage mucus
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what part of the ear is the semicircular canal?

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inner ear

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semicircular canal role within inner ear

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essential for balance

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bony labrynth - within the inner ear

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  • oval window - footbed of the stapes (ossicles), movement on oval window will move fluid called perilymph
  • round window - perilymph exerts force on round window, causing it to slightly bulge
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cochlea - structure

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  • coil like structure - comes up and down
  • filled with perilymph
    1. scala vestibuli - spiral up
    2. scala tympani - spiral down
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cochlea - function / description

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  • movement of perilymph leads to movement of the basilar membrane
  • movement the basilar membrane means hair cells bend which causes action potential to be sent along the cochlea nerve
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cranial nerve 8 - CNVIII

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  • auditory nerve - part of cranial nerve VIII
  • afferent fibres will carry signal to central nervous system structures that

allow us to:
- converse w other ppl, learn by listening, hear music/podcast - temporal lobe
- moves head toward sound ( brainstem)

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order of the hearing process

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external sound energy, funnelled by the pinna, external auditory meatus, tympanic membrane, amplified through the ossicles, oval window, move perilymph, move hair cells, action potential, CNVIII, Primary auditory cortex

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auditory perception

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  • ability to receive, identify and attach meaning to sounds
  • perception is the ability to interpret info that our senses receive from the environment
  • interpretation is an active process that depends on our cognitive processes and prior knowledge
  • relies on the auditory cortex and association nerves
  • eg. recognise someone via listening to their voice, sirens
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types of hearing impairments

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  • conduction deafness
  • sensorineural deafness
  • tinnitus
  • menieres syndrome
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what is conduction deafness?

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  • hampers sound conduction to the fluids of the inner ear
  • eg. impacted ear wax, perforated eardrum, osteosclerosis of the ossicles,
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sensorineural deafness

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damage to the neural structures at any point from the cochlear hair cells to the auditory cortical cells

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tinnitus

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  • ringing or clicking sound in the ears in the absence of auditory stimuli
  • disorder of the cochlea
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menieres syndrome

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  • entire labrynth disorder
  • affects cochlea and semicircular canals
  • causes vertigo, nausea, vomiting
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structural types of neurons

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unipolar
bipolar
multipolar

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unipolar

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  • one process of the cell body: mainly sensory neurons
  • neuron that is unipolar has an axon that extends into dendrites
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bipolar

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  • cell body positioned in the middle of the neuron - has both an axon and a dendrite extending from the stoma
  • two processes of the cell body mainly special sensory neurons
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multipolar

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  • two or more dendrites and one axon
  • many processes of the cell body: mainly motor
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functional types of neurons

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sensory, motor and interneuron

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sensory neurons

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carry sensory info from receptors to CNS eg. touch of skin, taste

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motor neurons

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carry action potential from CNS to the PNS to effect the muscles

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interneurons

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in CNS only to facilitate efficient communication bw neurons

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What is the structural difference bw a neuron classified as myelinated compared to unmyelinated?

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  • myelinated axon have Schwann cells tightly coiled around them
    axons have larger loose Schwann cells in unmyelinated neurons around a group of axons
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What is the functional difference bw a neuron classified as myelinated compared to unmyelinated?

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speed of transmission of nerve impulses is high in myelinated nerve fibres. hw unmyelinated nerve fibres don’t have myelin insulations, tf the speed of transmission of nerve impulses is slow

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Describe similarities and differences bw spinal nerves and cranial nerve

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  • similar - both nerves, part of the PNS, can be motor/sensory OR both

-differences - spinal nerves connect body structures (eg. bicep) to the CNS whereas Cranial nerves connect the head and neck structures to Brain and Brain Stem

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Where are the spinal and cranial nerves in the body?

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  • spinal nerve - in the spinal cord
    -cranial nerve - in the head
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Explain the difference between nerve fascicles and peripheral nerves

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  • peripheral nerves are formed by bundles of fascicles grouped by epineurium
  • nerve fascicles are surrounded by another layer of connective tissue - perineurium
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