How Sound Travels Through the Ear

*The anatomy of the ear is shaped to capture sound waves and amplify them. As sound waves enter the ear they follow a long and mysterious path.*

  1. Sound waves are picked up by the outer ear, which is made of the pinna and ear canal.
  2. Sound becomes channeled to the eardrum and becomes vibrated once the sound waves touch it.
  3. Eventually, the vibrations are picked up by three tiny bones, which form a bridge from the eardrum to the inner ear.
  4. The Vibrations then move on to the cochlea, which is a spiraled-shaped capsule that houses a system of fluid filled tubes.
  5. Once the sound waves reach the fluid it begins to move and set the hair cells in motion.
  6. Motion from the hair cells transform into electric impulses that travel along the auditory nerve to the brain.
  7. Lastly, the brain decodes and interprets the electric impulses and then it creates speech sounds into separate and understandable words. 

 

*PHOTOS OF INTERNSHIP* 

 

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