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Watch sound wave vibrations in the tympanic membrane
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Know how human ears help to perceive and distinguish sounds
Understand the science of hearing and how humans and other mammals perceive sound
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Why do we have earwax?
Resist the urge to grab a cotton swab.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Watch sound wave vibrations in the tympanic membrane
The tympanic membrane (eardrum) and auditory ossicles vibrate inside a human ear.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Know how human ears help to perceive and distinguish sounds
The ear is the organ of hearing; it enables the perception of sound.
Video: Created and produced by QA International. © QA International, 2010. All rights reserved. www.qa-international.com
Understand the science of hearing and how humans and other mammals perceive sound
How humans and other mammals perceive sound.
Video: © World Science Festival (A Britannica Publishing Partner)

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ear structures
The structures of the outer, middle, and inner ear.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
otitis media
Eardrum with acute otitis media.
B. Welleschik
human ear canal
In human hearing, sound waves enter the outer ear and travel through the external...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
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