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Entries from June 2009

Hearing

June 18th, 2009 · No Comments · University

Sound is a wave of pressure travelling through an elastic medium by mechanical disturbance of the molecules of the medium. External ear – pinna and other appendages – funnels sound into ear canal and modifies the sound Middle ear – tympanum (eardrum), mallus/incus/stapes and Eustachian tube – optimizes delivery of air-born sounds energy o ossicles [...]

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