Exam 10: The Auditory System

The view that different locations along the basilar membrane respond to different frequencies is known as ______ theory.

Children and young adults can hear over a range from about 20 to 20,000 Hz, but as adults age, they tend to lose hearing in high frequencies.

As Jeremy aged, he experienced hearing loss.Another term for this is ______.

The organ of Corti is the ______.

If cochlear implants are placed in an infant's ears within the first year of life, that person will ______.

The tympanic membrane is the thin elastic sheet that vibrates in response to sounds coming through the external auditory canal; commonly known as the eardrum.

Why do we hear a difference in sound quality when a clarinet and a violin play the same note in the same octave?

A sound at 160 decibels is considered ______, whereas a sound at 20 decibels is considered ______.

The fundamental frequency is the highest frequency in a complex sound, which determines the perceived timbre of that sound.

The channel that conducts sound from the pinna to the tympanic membrane is known as the ______.

The amount of time between one peak of high pressure and the next in sound is known as ______.

Compare and contrast hearing loss that involves the tympanic membrane and the ossicles.

The organ of Corti is the structure along the basilar membrane that contains the hair cells that transduce sound into a neural signal.

Cheryl has moderate to severe hearing loss.Her hearing loss is particularly acute at frequencies from 1000 to 3000 Hz.What course of action do you recommend for her?

Extremely loud sound measuring over 150 decibels may cause hearing loss.

A tone of 20 Hz will cause the greatest displacement along what end of the basilar membrane?

When Yuki dropped the plate, it clattered loudly on the floor.The plate produced a ______.

Tamar hears a shrill sound wherever she goes.She most likely suffers from a condition called ______.

The thin elastic sheet that vibrates in response to sounds coming through the external auditory canal, commonly known as the eardrum, is the ______.

The structure that collects sound and funnels it into the auditory canal is called the ______.