Outer ear
Picks up the sound from our outside environment, which turns into sound waves that vibrate down the ear canal.
Middle ear
This is where sound waves travel down to vibrate the ear drum, which is connected to three little bones that form what’s known as the ossicular chain. This then pushes the sound into a spiral-shaped area known as the cochlea.
Outer ear
Once the sound has reached the cochlea, there are many thousands of little hair cells that vibrate depending on the frequency of sound. This helps convert the sound from being an acoustic signal in our outside environment, to an electrical signal which travels up the auditory nerve pathway to our brain for processing.
Hearing can change gradually without you noticing, or signs can be sudden
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