G) The eardrum isa thin lap of skin that tretches across the end of the audory canal Itseparates the outer ear and the mide ea. Inside the middle ear ae the tree smallest tones in our bodes: the Hai the afi, and the BABE When sound waves make the tardrum vibrate, the vibrations make these bones move: When these bones vibrate, the sound waves are passed onto another thin flap Of sin called the oval window. The oval window Separates the mle ear and the inner ear. Theme aris comesied to a ‘the back of the throat by the Eatin ibe waka frandoutot oe mee a When you “pop your eas ih ‘he ery opens @ Dolphins Deep inthe ocean, dolphins live in an underwater ervironment that is often dark and cloudy. Because they cannot depend on their eyesight in these conditions. dolphins have developed an ablity to “see” with sound. This ability is called echolocation, The first part ofthe ‘word echolocation is echo. Can you guess why? Using echolocation, dolphins use thei jaws— not ther ears—to feel vibrations. Dolphins hhave sx air sacs underneath their blowholes By tightening the openings to the air sacs and forcing ar through them, dolphins make sounds «alled echolocation clicks. These clicks are short sound waves. Adon aint a interpret many different . ees arn G) inthe inner earis a tube called the eohles, Tes about the sie of your fingertip and thes the Shape ofa sal The cochles filled wth fais Called lymph in the mile ofthe lymph there is thin strip of skin that is covered by more than {two milion tiny ars. Each tiny alr eacts to 2 particular vibration. When sound waves pass int the inner ear trough the oval window, ‘hey cause tiny waves, of ipl, nthe mph When the mph ripples, these tiny hairs bend There are nerves along the bottom ofthese halts When the hais Bend, these nerves send ‘messages about sound vibrations toyour brain. a trection of secon your bein Figures out what the vibrations mean and letsyou know what you are hearing. By the time you are an aul your bei wil be ala recognize almost haf ain different sounds! Kom be people hear wil help you understand how some Snimals hear without using ther ears. tal has to do with sound waves and vibrations. m: @ the farted area in the front ofa dolphins ead is called the melon, The melon focuses ‘or diets, the clicks 2s they leave the doiph head. The clicks travel out through the water. Some ofthe dicks echo, or bounee, off objects inthe water. That where the echo part ofthe ‘word comes from) The echoes bounce back {oward the dojphin and hits jaw. “The vibrations travel through te dolphins lower jw to its inner ea. Then the vibrations are passed on tothe hearing center in the brain Orie Seton Sen choueaon