Did you know that the middle ear contains the smallest bones in your entire body, with the stapes being the tiniest? These three little bones help transmit sounds to the inner ear. Test how deep your knowledge is on hearing by taking this exciting quiz. All the best as you learn more!
Loudness is to intensity
Intensity is to loudness
Stimulus is to response
Response is to stimulus
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Oval window, ossicles, basilar membrane, eardrum
Eardrum, ossicles, oval window, basilar membrane
Eardrum, ossicles, basilar membrane, oval window
Ossicles, oval window, basilar membrane, eardrum
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Hair cells
Basilar membrane
Tectorial membrane
Cochlear canal
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Telephone
Volley
Place
Volley-place
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Neurons cannot fire as frequently as the highest frequency sounds
Neurons specific for frequencies above 5000 hz have not been found
The whole basilar membrane vibrates about equally at low frequencies
Volleying does not follow sound frequency above 5000 hz
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Which frequency it responds to
Which part of the basilar membran e the neuron comes from
At what rate the neuron can fine
How much the neuron responds to different frequencies
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The tympanic membrane is intact
The hair cells are intact
It stimulates the auditory cortex directly
It stimulates the auditory neurons
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A vibrating object in the environment
A sound recognized as distinct from others
The sounds source of individual is paying attention to
None of the above
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Poorly at low frequencies
Poorly at medium frequencies
Poorly at high frequencies
About equally at all frequencies
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Left temporal lobe
Right temporal lobe
Left frontal lobe
Right frontal lobe
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The repetition of word sounds
Gestural aspects
Development of grammar
The use of prosody
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Perception
Sensation
Conversion
Translation
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20-200,000 Hz
2-20,000 Hz
20-20,000Hz
200-2,000Hz
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Air
Water
Bone
A and c
A, b and c
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Pitch
Loudness
Amplitude
Intensity
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1000-3000 Hz
200-400 HZ
2000-4000Hz
2000-20,000
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Tensor tympani
Incus
Pinna
Tympanic membrane
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Outter ear
Eardrum
Stapes
Malleus
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Cochlea
Ossicles
Pinna
Semicircular canals
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Stapes
Malleus
Incus
Helicotrema
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Vestibular
Tympanic
Cochlear
Audiory
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Helicotrema
Tectorial membrane
Basilar memebran
Tympanic membrane
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Sodium
Potassium
Calcium
Chloride
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Temporal
Frontal
Parietal
Occipital
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Exclusively to the right hemisphere
Exclusively to the left hemisphere
Mostly to the right hemisphere
Mostely to the left hemisphere
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The number of receptors responding
The volley pattern of receptors
The point on the basilar memebrane responding
None of the above
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Rutherford
Helmholtz
Bekesy
Waver
Suppressing response to background noise
Processing high but not low frequency sounds
Processing sounds related to language but not music
All of the above
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Motor cortex
Auditory cortex
Somatosensory cortex
Visual cortex
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Left frontal
Right frontal
Left temporal
Right temporal
Impairment in writing
Word salad
Agrammatic speech
Difficulty with articulation
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Have difficulty saying words
Have difficulty understanding others
Produce utterances that have no meaning
A b c
B and c
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Producing articulate speech
Using verbs
Using nouns
Reading out loud
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In adults who have suffered strokes or other brain injuries
In adults who learn a second language
In children under 5 who suffer brain injuries
In children who acquire two languages simultaneously
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Are found only in humans
Are active only during language use
Are found only in nonhuman animals
Are active during observation and imitation.
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