SOUND AND PITCH
EAR ANATOMY
THE SENSE OF HEARING
TECH FOR HEARING
HEALTHY EARS
100
A movement that can be very fast or quite slow.
What is vibration?
100
Outer, middle, and inner.
What are the three parts of the ear?
100
This part of the ear acts like a funnel as it guides sound waves to the middle ear.
What is the outer ear?
100
Hand motions that are a method of communication for the deaf.
What is sign language?
100
Ear infections can occur after swimming if this remains in the ear.
What is water?
200
The highness or lowness of a sound.
What is pitch?
200
This is made up of the external ear and the ear canal.
What is the outer ear?
200
This part of the ear vibrates when the sound wave comes in contact with it.
What is the middle ear?
200
People who were born without the ability to hear or lost their hearing later in life.
What are deaf people?
200
People who work where the noise is very loud should wear these for protection.
What are ear plugs?
300
When strings on a guitar vibrate slowly, they make this pitch.
What is a low pitched sound?
300
This section of the ear contains the eardrum, hammer, anvil, and stirrup.
What is the middle ear?
300
This part of the inner ear is shaped like a snail shell and contains fluid.
What is the cochlea?
300
A doctor can perform this to check your hearing.
What is a hearing test?
300
Nothing should be inserted into this part of the ear except by a doctor.
What is the ear canal?
400
When strings on a guitar vibrate quickly, they make this pitch.
What is a high pitched sound?
400
This part of the ear contains the semicircular canals and the cochlea.
What is the inner ear?
400
This part of the outer ear cannot be seen.
What is the ear canal?
400
Some telephones will show these on a screen from the caller to help deaf or hard-of-hearing people be able to communicate.
What are words of the caller?
400
Although these devices can be fun to use to listen to music, they should not be pushed into the ear canal.
What are earbuds?
500
The highness or lowness of a sound.
What is pitch?
500
This nerve carries sound energy to the brain.
What is the auditory nerve?
500
Sounds cannot be interpreted until they reach this part of the body.
What is the brain?
500
This technology is used on televisions to help deaf or hard-of-hearing people know what is being said.
What is closed captioning?
500
Cotton swabs can be used to clean this part of the ear.
What is the external ear?
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