The Auditory System

Question 1

What are sound waves?

Answer 1

Sound wave: Oscillating movement in the air caused by vibrations of objects
in the environment

Question 2

What is a wave length?

Answer 2

wave to wave

Question 3

What is amplitude?

Answer 3

Height of wave

Question 4

What is in the outer ear?

Answer 4

• Pinna
• Ear canal

Question 5

What does the outer ear do?

Answer 5

Collects and focuses sound waves

Question 6

What does the Middle ear do?

Answer 6

Transfers and amplifies sound vibrations from outside (air) to inside (fluid)

Question 7

What is in the middle ear?

Answer 7

• Ossicles
  1. Malleus
  2. Incus
  3. Stapes

Question 8

What do Hearing aids do?

Answer 8

amplify sounds

Question 9

What does the inner ear do?

Answer 9

Converts sound vibrations into neural signal

Question 10

What are the parts of the inner ear?

Answer 10

• Cochlea
• Basilar membrane
• Auditory nerve

Question 11

What are Cochlear implants?

Answer 11

deliver sound directly to the auditory nerve

Question 12

What is the Tonotonic map?

Answer 12

Location based on frequency of sound

Question 13

What is frequency perceived as?

Answer 13

pitch

Question 14

What is amplitude perceived as?

Answer 14

Loudness

Question 15

What are Auditory Objects?

Answer 15

Objects where noise comes from
Ex. birds

Question 16

We perceive sounds differently depending on:

Answer 16

Experience

Emotion

Question 17

What is misophonia?

Answer 17

Misophonia is a disorder of
decreased tolerance to specific
sounds… These “triggers” are
experienced as unpleasant or
distressing and tend to evoke strong
negative emotional, physiological,
and behavioral responses that are
not seen in most other people.

Seen with noises from other ppl