The Ear And Hearing Loss

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mammals, but the inner ear is present in all vertebrates.
The ear can hear in several different ways. They are volume, pitch, and
tone. Pitch is related to the frequency of the sound wave. The volume depends
on the amplitude or intensity of the sound wave. The greater the frequency, the
higher the pitch. Humans can hear about 30 and 20,000 waves or cycles per
second. High pitch sounds produce more of a trebly sound, while low pitch
sounds produce a rumbling bass sound.
When a person loses these abilities to comprehend sound, it is referred
to as deafness. It can be caused by disease, toxic drugs, trauma, or an
inherited disorder. Those causes can be classified as conductive, sensorineural,
or both.
A conductive hearing loss results from damage to those parts of the ear
which transmit sound vibrations in the air to the fluids of the inner ear. This
type of damage is usually to the eardrum or small bones known as ossicles.
Ossicles conduct sound from the eardrum ...

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