How do we Hear?

Back to basics J5 How do we hear? A guide to how your ears work Step 1: Sound travels into the ear canal until it reaches the eardrum Ear canal WIWwwwm Eardrum 2 Middle ear bones Step 2: The eardrum vibrates and sends sound through the middle ear bones (ossicles) and into the inner ear (cochlea) Inner ear (cochlea) 3 Step 3: Thousands of tiny hair cells in the inner ear convert the sound into electrical signals that are sent to your brain I can hear the kettle boiling 4 Step 4: The brain processes those signals and tells you that you are hearing a sound and what that sound is. Source: http://www.dangerousdecibels.org/ virtualexhibit/2howdowehear.html WIDEX HIGH DEFINITION HEARING