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Hearing

Select the definition that most nearly defines the given word.

1.   sound    Any vibration of the ear drum is sound. It makes the ear send messages to the brain.    This is the part of the ear we see that includes the ear canal until it reaches the ear drum. The outer ear helps direct sounds waves toward the ear drum.    This is a loud or annoying sound which does not stop.    To pay attention to sounds.

2.   middle ear    This includes the ear drum, plus the hammer, anvil, and stirrup bones. These carry the vibrations from the ear drum to the cochlea.    This is mainly made up of the cochlea and semi-circular canals. It is where vibrations are changed to nerve impulses.    A lack of noise, or a sound that is not loud.    When we detect the sounds which come into the ear, they are “heard”.

3.   loud    A spoken sound which is very quiet.    Sound travels in waves like water. You cannot see them, but you can sometimes feel them as vibrations.    A sound which is high in volume.    When a noise is so small that we can hardly hear it, we say it is this.

4.   ear    The part of the body used for hearing.    We usually think of this as a loud sound. It is often annoying.    This bone, also called the Malleus, is the largest of the ear bones in the middle ear. It is attached to the ear drum.    Sound can cause things to quiver or tremble as sound waves hit them. We call this vibration.

5.   faint    This tiny bone is the middle one of the three hearing bones. It is also called the Incus which is Latin for anvil.    This is a tube inside the ear which connects the middle ear to the throat.    A sound which is high in volume.    When a noise is so small that we can hardly hear it, we say it is this.

6.   eardrum    This includes the ear drum, plus the hammer, anvil, and stirrup bones. These carry the vibrations from the ear drum to the cochlea.    This is also called the tympanic membrane. It is a thin piece of tissue pulled tight like the cover of a drum. When sound waves hit it, it changes them to vibrations.    The third and smallest of the three bones in the middle ear. It is shaped like the stirrup on a saddle. Its other name is Stapes.    When the ear can detect sounds, we say it can hear.

7.   hear    This is also called the tympanic membrane. It is a thin piece of tissue pulled tight like the cover of a drum. When sound waves hit it, it changes them to vibrations.    This spiral tube looks like a snail’s shell. It contains the nerves which allow you to hear. It is part of the inner ear.    When the ear can detect sounds, we say it can hear.    The part of the body used for hearing.

8.   cochlea    This is a loud or annoying sound which does not stop.    There are two of these in the ear. One takes sound to the brain. The other one helps us balance.    This spiral tube looks like a snail’s shell. It contains the nerves which allow you to hear. It is part of the inner ear.    A sound which is high in volume.

9.   noisy    This is a loud or annoying sound which does not stop.    This is also called the tympanic membrane. It is a thin piece of tissue pulled tight like the cover of a drum. When sound waves hit it, it changes them to vibrations.    The third and smallest of the three bones in the middle ear. It is shaped like the stirrup on a saddle. Its other name is Stapes.    When the ear can detect sounds, we say it can hear.

10.   whisper    There are two of these in the ear. One takes sound to the brain. The other one helps us balance.    When a noise is so small that we can hardly hear it, we say it is this.    A spoken sound which is very quiet.    We usually think of this as a loud sound. It is often annoying.

11.   outer ear    This is mainly made up of the cochlea and semi-circular canals. It is where vibrations are changed to nerve impulses.    This bone, also called the Malleus, is the largest of the ear bones in the middle ear. It is attached to the ear drum.    This is the part of the ear we see that includes the ear canal until it reaches the ear drum. The outer ear helps direct sounds waves toward the ear drum.    The part of the body used for hearing.

12.   sound waves    This tiny bone is the middle one of the three hearing bones. It is also called the Incus which is Latin for anvil.    A lack of noise, or a sound that is not loud.    This spiral tube looks like a snail’s shell. It contains the nerves which allow you to hear. It is part of the inner ear.    Sound travels in waves like water. You cannot see them, but you can sometimes feel them as vibrations.