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Explain how do we hear?


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Hearing Mechanism:

  1. Hearing relies on a series of complex steps to convert sound waves in the air into electrical signals.
  2. The auditory nerve then transmits these signals to the brain.
  3. Sound enters the ear canal When these sound waves reach the ear canal, they transit down the ear canal and strike the eardrum, resulting in the eardrum vibrating.
  4. Three small bones in the middle ear, where the eardrum and auditory bone vibrate, connect the vibrating eardrum to a small bone structure called the cochlea of ​​the inner ear. The liquid travels through the inner ear.
  5. The cochlea is compressed with a liquid that transmits vibrations to thousands of tiny hair cells.
  6. The auditory nerve communicates with the brain by motion in the fluid, cells deliver messages to the nerves connected to the brain, which interpret signals into what you hear.


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