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Can you explain the hearing mechanism ?

Answer 1

About hearing mechanism.

First of all, this mechanism, the mechanism of hearing is pretty simple to understand. This is how this mechanism works:
Sound waves enter the outer ear and travel through the external auditory canal until they reach the tympanic membrane, causing the membrane and the attached chain of auditory ossicles to vibrate.

The motion of the stapes against the oval window sets up waves in the fluids of the cochlea, causing the basilar membrane to vibrate. This stimulates the sensory cells of the organ of Corti, atop the basilar membrane, to send nerve impulses to the brain.

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Answer 2

Chloe Adams

The hearing mechanism involves several steps:

Sound waves enter the ear canal and hit the eardrum, causing it to vibrate.
The vibrations are transferred to three tiny bones in the middle ear: the hammer, anvil, and stirrup.
The stirrup transmits the vibrations to the cochlea in the inner ear.
Within the cochlea, fluid moves, stimulating hair cells.
Hair cells convert the vibrations into electrical signals, which are sent through the auditory nerve to the brain.
The brain interprets these signals as sound.

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