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What transmits vibration to brain?
The temporal bone transmits the vibrations to the basilar membrane in the inner ear and tiny bundles of hair, each finely tuned to detect sounds at different frequencies, transmit the vibrations to the brain for decoding.
What converts sound vibrations into electrical signals?
Hearing is a series of events in which the ear converts sound waves into electrical signals and causes nerve impulses to be sent to the brain where they are interpreted as sound. The ear has three main parts: the outer, middle, and inner ear.
What is nerve that is responsible for sending sound vibrations to brain?
The cochlear nerve, which is attached to the cochlea and sends sound information to the brain, and the vestibular nerve, which carries balance information from the semicircular canals to the brain, together make up the vestibulocochlear (say: vess-tib-yuh-lo-KOH-klee-er) nerve.
What is cochlea function?
The cochlea is a hollow, spiral-shaped bone found in the inner ear that plays a key role in the sense of hearing and participates in the process of auditory transduction. Sound waves are transduced into electrical impulses that the brain can interpret as individual frequencies of sound.
What is the pathway of sound to the brain?
Auditory messages are conveyed to the brain via two types of pathway: the primary auditory pathway which exclusively carries messages from the cochlea, and the non-primary pathway (also called the reticular sensory pathway) which carries all types of sensory messages.
Can we hear through vibrations?
We cannot hear the vibrations that are made by waving our hands in the air because they are too slow. The slowest vibration our human ears can hear is 20 times a second. That would be a very low sound. The fastest vibration we can hear is 20,000 times per second, which would be a very high sound.
When two sound waves are superimposed beats are produced when they have?
When two waves occupy the same point, superposition occurs. Superposition results in adding the two waves together. Constructive interference is when two waves superimpose and the resulting wave has a higher amplitude than the previous waves.
How do you hear a sound for Class 3?
How people hear:
- Sound waves are sent.
- Waves travel through pinna and into ear canal (outer ear).
- Eardrum vibrates as sound waves enter the ear canal.
- Three tiny bones in the middle ear called the ossicles (Hammer, Anvil and Stirrup) vibrate.
- Cochlea transfers sound waves into electrical signals.