SENSE OF HEARING

IMPORTANCE OF HEARING

 Hearing may initially have been

important to vertebrate as a
mechanism to alert them to
dangerous activities.

 It also important in search for food

and mates and in communication.
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• Humans are not able to hear low pitched sounds, below 20 cycles per second.
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• Young children can hear high pitched sounds up to 20,000 cycles per second, but this ability
decrease with age.
 STRUCTURE OF HUMAN EAR

The human ear has three

divisions…

The outer The middle The inner

ear ear ear
 THE OUTER EAR
 Auricle and external
auditory canal.

 Sound waves enter the

outer ear and create
pressure waves that
reached the tympanic
membrane.
 The middle ear begin at the tympanic
THE MIDDLE EAR
membrane and ends inside the skull.

 Where two small membranous opening,

the oval and round windows , are
located.

 Three small ossicles are between the

tympanic membrane & the oval window.
 THE INNER EAR
 The inner ear has three components.
1. The vestibule
2. semicircular canal
3. Cochlea

 The first two, The vestibule & semicircular

canals, are concerned with equilibrium.

 Continuous movement of the fluid in the

semicircular canal may cause motion
sickness or seasickness in human..
 THE PROCESS OF HEARING
• Your outer ear directs sound waves
to your eardrum and causes it to
vibrate. These vibrations move
through your middle ear and into
your inner ear. Finally, these signals
travel to your brain, which
translates them into what you hear.
 Thank you for watching !

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