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How Do You Hear?

Maya Lin-Takahashi • • 7 min read
How Do You Hear?

When the eardrum moves, the three middle ear bones vibrate. This vibration creates movement of fluid in the inner ear also known as the cochlea. The fluid movement causes sensory receptors in the coiled shaped cochlea, to send a signal along the auditory nerve

auditory nerve
The cochlear nerve (also auditory or acoustic neuron) is one of two parts of the vestibulocochlear nerve, a cranial nerve present in amniotes, the other part being the vestibular nerve. The cochlear nerve carries auditory sensory information from the cochlea of the inner ear directly to the brain.
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to the brain—and this is how we hear.

How do we hear answer?

Sound waves enter the outer ear and travel through a narrow passageway called the ear canal, which leads to the eardrum. ... The bones in the middle ear amplify, or increase, the sound vibrations and send them to the cochlea, a snail-shaped structure filled with fluid, in the inner ear.

How do we hear in short?

Sound transfers into the ear canal and causes the eardrum to move. The eardrum will vibrate with vibrates with the different sounds. These sound vibrations make their way through the ossicles to the cochlea. Sound vibrations make the fluid in the cochlea travel like ocean waves.

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Maya Lin-Takahashi

Maya is a hardware enthusiast who tests and reviews smart home devices, smartphones, wearables, and audio gear. She focuses on practical consumer value and build quality.