Knowledge check

Question 1

What are the hair cells in the cochlea responsible for?

	Keeping the cochlea clean.
	Moving the malleus, incus and stapes.
	Converting sound from mechanical to electrical signals.
	Detecting vibrations from the eardrum.

Question 2

TRUE or FALSE?

Hair cells at the base of the cochlea are responsible for high frequencies and hair cells at the apex are responsible for low frequencies?

	TRUE
	FALSE

Question 3

How does the information get from the inner ear to the brain?

	Sound is funneled down the auditory canal to the brain.
	Electrical signal is passed along the auditory nerve.
	Hair cells push the information to the brain.
	The ear drum causes vibrations on the nerve to the brain.

Question 4

Which part of the anatomy of the ear is damaged in a sensorineural hearing loss?

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