The ear is made up of three different sections that work together to collect sounds and send them to the brain: the outer ear, the middle ear, and the inner ear. Also available: Journey of Sound to the Brain, an animated video. It can even catch the sound of a mouse scratching underground! This opens in a new window.
Many mums say that dads do this too! Sound waves Sounds run through the air for the world to hear. The Frequency of Sound We can hear sound within a certain frequency range of around 20 Hz on the low end and 20,000 Hz on the high end. Some animals have different ranges. A lot of animals have ears, you can hear them, and they can hear you too!
Our auditory nerve then carries these signals to the brain. Sound Check; the hearing of a fox is so good it can hear a mouse squeaking 100 meters (330 feet) away. They think that you select (choose) what you are going to hear and what you definitely don't want to hear! Source: NIH Medical Arts Sound waves enter the outer ear and travel through a narrow passageway called the ear canal, which leads to the eardrum. The ear-brain connection is how we can distinguish between different sounds. In fact, this is something we may all do to try and make our lives a bit easier. Having an ear on each side of our head also helps us to hear better. Dolphins, for example, can't hear sounds as low as we can, but can hear high sounds of over 100,000 Hz. Sounds are everywhere, and you have two cool parts on your body that let you hear them all: your ears! Lots of adults think that only kids have this particular 'problem'. Hearing depends on a series of complex steps that change sound waves in the air into electrical signals.