How hearing works: The brain’s role 1.As the electrical impulsesfrom the inner ear travel to the brain, their first stop is in an area of the brain stem known as the cochlear nucleus. Thecochlear nucleusorganizes the electrical signals according to duration, intensity and pitch, and then ...
15,000 sensory ‘hair’ cells convert sound the motions into electrical impulses. Interesting facts about hearing 1 The smallest bones in your body are the ossicles in the middle ear: the incus, the malleus, and the stapes 2 Our ears never stop working, even when you sleep - your brain...
Others say that the whooshing sound inside the shell is generated by air flowing through the shell - air flowing through the shell and out creates a noise. You'll notice that the sound is louder when you lift the shell slightly away from your ear than it is when the shell is right agai...
This chapter discusses the way in which the ear works. Ears receive sounds that come from the outside world. They also transform the sounds that arrive as pressure waves in the air and are changed in the ear into electrical waves travelling along the acoustic or auditory nerves to the brain...
Ears help us collect and process sounds. In this lesson, you will learn about the three sections of the ear, different parts of the ear, and how these parts help you to hear all of the sounds around you. Sounds, Sounds, All Around Did you hear that? Listen closely. Can you hear ...
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We'll look at how the LRAD creates sound and takes advantage of these physical properties next. Noise Levels The louder a sound is, the more it moves the structures in your ear. The higher its pitch, the faster it moves them. Loud or high-pitched noises can cross the threshold of pain...
Mills: Now, you spend the first third of your book explaining the basics of how sound works, how the ear and the brain convert sound waves into brain activity. What makes sound unique in terms of how it's processed in the brain?
A cochlear implant is also an electronic device. Part of it sits behind your ear. But it also has a part implanted under your skin. A hearing aid works by making sounds louder so that your ear can pick them up. Cochlear implants skip past the damaged part of your ear and work directly...