1. Ear Notes/SoUND

2. Eyes, ears, nose, tongue, and skin are examples
Sense Organs
The sense organs gather information (light, sound, heat, and pressure) from the environment.
Eyes, ears, nose, tongue, and skin are examples

3. When a sound is made, the air around the sound vibrates.
Hearing
When a sound is made, the air around the sound vibrates.
Hearing starts when some of the sound waves go into the ear.

4. Sound Waves Sound is a series of waves that move through matter.
Sound does not travel through a vacuum.

5. Sound
Sound moves at approximately 344 meters per second (770 miles per hour) at room temperature
When a sound wave hits an object, it causes the object to vibrate. This leads to you to be able to detect sound.

6. Sound Waves
Compression/Longitudinal waves: Sound travels in waves through the atmosphere.
Sound can travel in transverse waves through solids.

7. 3 Main Parts of the Ear
Outer Ear
Middle Ear
Inner Ear

8. Sound waves traveling through the ear

9. The part that you can see. Directs sound into the ear
Outer Ear
The part that you can see.
Directs sound into the ear

10. Middle Ear
Ear canal: the tube between the outside of the ear and the ear drum.
Ear drum: Vibrates when sound waves hit it.

11. The three smallest bones in the body are in the middle ear.
Middle Ear Bones
The three smallest bones in the body are in the middle ear.
Hammer
Anvil
Stirrup
Vibrations travel from ear drum -> Hammer -> Anvil -> Stirrup -> Inner ear

12. Middle Ear
Hammer
Anvil
Stirrup
Ear Drum

13. Inner Ear Cochlea: fluid-filled organ in inner ear
Vibrations makes waves, which send message to nerve
Auditory nerve: carries the hearing information to the brain and the brain tells us what we heard.
Cochlea

14. The Ear & Balance
Semi-circular Canals
Semicircular Canals: fluid-filled canals in your ear that contain hair cells
As you move, the hair moves from the liquid and sends messages to your brain about how you are moving.

15. Hearing Loss
Presbycusis: lose hearing as you age; runs in families; also caused due to extended exposure to loud noises
Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss (SSHL): rapid loss of hearing; usually only one ear; more than 100 possible causes (disease, trauma, abnormal tissue growth, etc.)
Noise-Induced Hearing Loss: caused by loud sounds, can be sudden (ex: explosion) or over time (ex: wood- shop)

16. Hearing Loss
Pendred syndrome: genetic disorder where early hearing loss occurs in children (by age 3)
Meniere’s disease: a disorder of the inner ear that causes severe dizziness, ringing in the ears, hearing loss, and a feeling of fullness or congestion in the ear; usually affects only one ear; caused by build-up of fluid in the inner ear