Can You Ear Me Now?"
(A&P of Hearing)
(A&P of Hearing)
The part of the ear that contains the malleus, incus, and stapes.
What is the middle ear?
The decibel level where prolonged exposure begins to damage hearing.
What is 85 dB?
This place is louder than a normal conversation, measuring up to 104 dBA.
What is a movie theater?
A simple device you can use to protect your ears at loud events.
What are ear plugs?
The cochlea converts vibrations into these, which are then sent to the brain.
What are electrical impulses?
The decibel range of a normal conversation.
What is 60 to 70 dB?
An event or activity that can expose you to over 130 decibels.
What is a concert, fireworks show, or listening to headphones at max volume?
A non-device method to reduce hearing damage from noise.
What is taking breaks, reducing exposure time, or lowering volume?
This part of the ear is responsible for balance, not hearing.
What are the semicircular canals?
These frequencies are typically lost first with aging.
What are high frequencies?
This type of sudden, brief noise is the most damaging.
What is impulsive noise?
This can happen to your body even after the noise stops.
What are stress and sleeping problems?
!Daily Double!
This fluid-filled structure is lined with tiny hairs that vibrate and help turn sound into signals.
What is the cochlea?
The full frequency range of hearing for a healthy adult.
What is 20 to 20,000 Hertz (Hz)?
This harmful element from coal burning can damage your eardrum.
What is cadmium?
The condition described as ringing in the ears.
What is tinnitus?
The four-step process of how hearing works, starting from the outer ear.
→ What is: sound enters outer ear → vibrates eardrum → amplified by middle ear bones → converted in cochlea and sent to brain?
The dangerous combo of pitch, volume, and time that leads to hearing loss.
What is low pitch, high amplitude, and long duration?
Three types of jobs that can expose people to heavy metals that damage hearing.
What are mining, metal working, and coal burning?
A health effect of hearing loss besides the hearing loss itself.
What is depression, cognitive decline, social isolation, high blood pressure, or stress?