Exam 10: The Auditory System

When a complex sound reaches the basilar membrane, one can expect that ______.

Conductive hearing loss is permanent hearing loss caused by damage to the cochlea or auditory nerve.

What function do the ossicles serve?

Devices that restore some hearing to deaf individuals by stimulating the auditory nerve artificially with an electronic system are called ______.

Frequency is to pitch, as ______ is to ______.

A thin tube that connects the middle ear with the pharynx and serves to equalize air pressure on either side of the eardrum is known as the ______.

Sound travels faster in air than underwater, and this is why it is so hard to localize sound underwater.

Vladislav is completely deaf.To hear people's voice, he should ______.

The three small bones in the middle ear are collectively known as ______.

Which of the following separates the vestibular canal and the middle canal?

Pitch is the perceptual correlate of the amplitude of the sound waves.

The snail-shaped structure of the inner ear that houses the hair cells that transduce sound into a neural signal is known as the ______.

Describe the parts of the middle ear and how they work together.

Lance is a 45-year-old police officer who has spent part of his career as a firearms instructor.Lance is at high risk for ______.

Higher frequencies present in a complex sound that are integer multiples of the fundamental frequency (main frequency) are known as ______.

What is the difference between amplitude and frequency? Give an example for each.

A mathematical procedure for taking any complex waveform and determining the simpler waveforms that make up that complex pattern is known as ______.

As adults get older, which of the following occurs?

How can an audiometer identify hearing loss?

A ruptured tympanic membrane may cause hearing loss.This is considered ______.