Wednesday, 8 October 2014

Week 3 - Human hearing

•Sound: Sounds are vibrations
•Ear: Divided into your outer, middle and inner ear
•Cochlea: Part of your inner ear, where your actual organ of hearing is located
•The outer ear consists of the pinna, ear canal and eardrum•The middle ear consists of the ossicles and ear drum•The inner ear consists of the cochlea, the auditory (hearing) nerve and the brain
•Locating sounds: Sound reaches your two ears at different times, enabling you to locate its source

•Ears, nerves and brain: Your ears are your organs of hearing. In order to hear, however, you also need your cochlear nerves to transmit nerve impulses to your brain, which then interpret the sounds coming from the world surrounding you.

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