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    The hearing system is divided into three parts - the outer, middle, and inner ear. The outer ear captures sounds and guides them through the ear canal to the eardrum. The middle ear transmits vibrations through three small bones (hammer, anvil, stirrup) to the inner ear. The inner ear, which is divided into the cochlea and semi-circular canals, analyzes sounds through thousands of delicate hair cells that trigger the auditory nerve and ultimately allow the brain to perceive sounds. Damage to these hair cells can cause permanent hearing loss.

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    The hearing system is divided into three parts - the outer, middle, and inner ear. The outer ear captures sounds and guides them through the ear canal to the eardrum. The middle ear transmits vibrations through three small bones (hammer, anvil, stirrup) to the inner ear. The inner ear, which is divided into the cochlea and semi-circular canals, analyzes sounds through thousands of delicate hair cells that trigger the auditory nerve and ultimately allow the brain to perceive sounds. Damage to these hair cells can cause permanent hearing loss.

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    Sense of Hearing

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    The hearing system is divided into three parts - the outer, middle, and inner ear. The outer ear captures sounds and guides them through the ear canal to the eardrum. The middle ear transmits vibrations through three small bones (hammer, anvil, stirrup) to the inner ear. The inner ear, which is divided into the cochlea and semi-circular canals, analyzes sounds through thousands of delicate hair cells that trigger the auditory nerve and ultimately allow the brain to perceive sounds. Damage to these hair cells can cause permanent hearing loss.

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    THE HEARING

    SYSTEM
    osicles Oval window
    Auditory nerves

    pinna
    cochlea
    THE HEARING SYSTEM
    • divided into three parts each with a different
    function
    • Outer Ear
    • Middle Ear
    • Inner Ear
    OUTER EAR
    • pinna, the ear canal and the eardrum or
    tympanic membrane
    • FUNCTION : captures and guides sounds

    Eardrum

    pinna
    MIDDLE EAR
    • transmits the movements of the eardrum to
    Inner Ear through three ossicles;
    • The three ossicle: Anvil

    # Hammer, Hammer
    # Anvil Stirrup

    # Stirrup
    INNER EAR
    • serves both for balance and hearing
    • is divided into the semi-circular canals and
    the cochlea
    Hearing and sounds

    • Hearing or perception of sounds is an


    essential sense in human communication.

    • Hearing serves for two functions,


    communication (speech and language) and
    awareness (perception of our environment).
    • Sounds move as vibrations or waves though
    the air. The ear can differentiate two
    parameters:
    # frequency, the number of vibrations per
    second (in Hertz), which allows hearing low
    or high pitched sounds; and
    # amplitude or intensity (in decibels) which
    allows to recognize loud and soft sounds.
    HEARING LOSSES
    • There are only 15 000 non-renewable hearing
    cells.
    • Destruction of these cells can cause
    irreversible hearing losses.
    • There are no medical treatments that can
    cure hearing losses due to hair cell damage.
    • Assistance is available with hearing aids and
    cochlear implants
    COCHLEA
    • The cochlea is filled with fluid.
    • Sound from the middle ear pushes the fluid
    in the cochlea that moves the 15000 hair
    cells.
    • The hair cells each analyze frequencies and as
    the hair cells move, a neural influx results.
    • The neural influx is lead by the auditory nerve
    (a group of neural fibers) towards the hearing
    area of the cerebral cortex which that
    interprets the message to deliver an auditory
    sense

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