The Ear and Hearing Loss

The part of the ear is a thin muscle that vibrates is called the

• ear drum

• ear canal

• hammer

Which part of the ear is a tube that looks like a snail and it changes sound into nerve impulses that are sent to the brain?

• pinna

• anvil

• cochlea

The part of the ear that carries sound from the pinna to the ear drum is called the

• cochlea

• ear canal

• hammer

The three bones that amplify sound in the ear are called the hammer, anvil, and

• cochlea

• oval window

• stirrup

Conductive hearing loss occurs in the ________.

• outer ear only

• outer ear and middle ear

• middle ear and inner ear

• only the inner ear

The part of the ear that catches sound is called the

• pinna

• ear drum

• cochlea

What is the tube that connects the middle ear to the throat?

• semicircular canals

• auditory nerve

• Eustachian tube

Sensorineural hearing loss occurs in the _________.

• inner ear only

• middle ear and inner ear

• outer ear, middle ear and inner ear

• outer ear only

Which part of the ear can we see?

• cochlea

• ear drum

• pinna

What separates the middle ear and the inner ear?

• round window

• oval window

• Eustachian tube