Hearing Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• frequency : # of waves that arrive per second and determines our perception of pitch.
• cochlea : snail-shaped, this part of the ear is especially critical in hearing things as this part of the ear converts sounds into messages understandable by the brain
• pitch : determined by the frequency of wave, highness, or lowness of a sound.
• anvil : middle of the three small bones in the ear that transmit sound. anvil-shaped (aka incus)
• wavelength : distance from one crest of a sound wave to the next.
• stirrup : the last and smallest of the three small bones in the ear that transmit sound. slingshot/crutch-shaped (aka stapes)
• conduction hear. loss : this happens when sounds cannot get out of the outer and inner ear.
• ear canal : tube that runs from the outer ear to the eardrum, helps transport sound, “tunnel”
• hammer : first and largest of the three small bones in the ear that transmit sound. hammer-shaped (aka malleus)
• eardrum : vibrates in response to sound waves and transfers through the three small bones in the ear
• auditory nerve : this is the cochlea’s scottie pippen, capable of connecting the brain to the cochlea, thus successfully transmitting the sounds