CH 9

When thinking about sound as a sine wave, the loudness of the sound can be thought of as its ______________ and the pitch of the sound can be thought of as its ______________.

What is the purpose of the ear canal?

What happens if the ear canal is blocked, as when wearing earplugs?

What are the two roles of the ossicles?

Which statement comparing the tympanic membrane and the oval window is FALSE?

What would happen if you did not have the stapedius and tensor tympani muscles?

In what way(s) is transduction by hair cells similar to transduction by photoreceptors?

How do outer hair cells impact auditory processing in the cochlea?

How is amplitude of sound coded in cochlea?

All of these sounds have the same ____________ but different ____________.

Which structure is the [I will pick a part of the middle ear].

Why would inflammation of the middle ear result in hearing loss?

Which part of the ear is the [I will pick one]?

How is the harmonic spectrum of sound analogous to the color spectrum of light?

Which of the following is an example of Rate Saturation?

Which of the following is NOT found in the Organ of Corti?

Which of the following statements about [Low or High]-Spontaneous fibers is FALSE?

Experimenters were recording from two Auditory Nerves (1 and & 2). They first played Sound 1 and recorded the spiking from each Auditory Nerve, and then played Sound 2 and recorded from each auditory nerve. The results are graphed below [Will be provided on test]. What can you conclude about Auditory Nerves 1 and 2 from this data?