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EAR: hearing mechanism & defectsEAR: hearing mechanism & defects
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EAR: hearing mechanism & defectsEAR: hearing mechanism & defects
Ears provides the two vital but very different senses: Hearing & & Balance
Audible frequencies to humans is in the range of 20-20,000 cycles per second.(cps) [20-20000 Hz].
Only the young people are able to hear this full range.
Loudness of the sound is correlated with the amplitude of sound wave and pitch with
frequency ( No. of waves / unit time)
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Sound perception depends on the loudness as well as
frequency.
The human ear is most sensitive to 50 – 5000 Hz range.
But most sounds we normally hear fall within 500-5000 Hz. The decibel scale is used to measure the intensity of
sound.
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Sound waves in the air are transmitted as vibrations through a series of structures to the receptor for hearing.
The physical vibrations are detected and converted into electric signals.
Nerves carry the electrical signals to the brain where they are interpreted.
The interpreted messages allow us to perceive the subtleties of sounds such as speech and music.
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Mechanism of HearingFunctions of External Ear
Sound waves enter the external auditory meatus,
pass along the external auditory canal and
fall on the tympanic membrane.
. . this causes tymphanic membrane to vibrate.
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Mechanism of Hearing
Functions of Middle Ear
The middle ear is an air filled cavity in the temporal bone which opens via the auditory tube into the nasophaynx.
The three auditory ossicles [Malleus, Incus and Stapes] are localised in the middle ear.
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Malleus is attached to the tymphanic membrane [TM].
Stapes is attached to the membranous oval window.
Incus articulates with these 2 bones
Thus the vibrations of the TM are transmitted to the oval window.
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TM has an area of 90 mm2 and the
footplate of the stapes 3.2 mm2 and the
lever system by the ossicles multiples the
force 1.3 times.
Mechanism of Hearing
The vibrations of the oval window generate pressure waves in the fluid filling the vestibular canal.
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The tympanic membrane is
connected to a circular membrane
called the round window just
beneath the oval window.
The pressure waves pass to the median canal and vibrate the basilar membrane.
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This arrangement allows the pressure waves to transmit
through the cochlear fluid.
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Mechanism of Hearing
Functions of Inner Ear and Cochlea
The inner ear (labyrinth) is made up of Cochlea and the vestibule.
cochlear portion of the labyrinth is a tubule coiled 2.75 times.
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the cochlea is divided into 3 compartments by the basilar and the Reissner’s membranes.
The middle compartment contains Endolymph and the other two (scala vestibuli & scala tymphani) contains Peri lymph.
Cochlea
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Organ of Corti
Located on the basilar membrane is the organ of corti.
Organ of corti contains auditory receptors
Four rows of hair cells arise from the basilar membrane
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Movements of the foot plate of the stapes set up a series of waves in the perilymph of the
scala vestibuli.
This in turn causes the vibrations of the vestibular membrane and hence of endolymph
in the scala media.
STIMULATION OF HAIR CELLS:
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These waves deflect the Reissner’s membrane and this in turn produces disturbances in the basilar membrane which bends the hair cells in the organ of corti
This leads to the development of action potentials in the related nerve fibers which are transmitted along the auditory nerve
STIMULATION OF HAIR CELLS:
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The site of maximum distortion in the organ of corti is determined by the frequency of sound,
For high pitched sounds the maximum height of waves is near the base of the cochlea and for low pitched near the apex.
The extent of distortion is determined by the loudness of the sound. Interpretations of the impulses is made in the auditory cortex
STIMULATION OF HAIR CELLS:
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Sound travels in the ear.
Sound waves
Vibrates TymphanicMembrane
Movements in ear ossicles
chain
Vibration of oval window
Waves in Perilymph
Waves in the
Endolymph
Deflection in Reissner’s membrane
Basilar membrane disturbed
Bending of hair cells
Action potential
Transmission by auditory
nerve
Brain Interprets
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Defects of the EarSeveral defects of the ear leads to hearing loss or even deafness.
Such loss or impairment happens when there is a problem with
one or more parts of the ear(s).
The hearing loss may be congenital or
due to middle ear fluid,
serious infections,
such as menigitis,
head injury, listening to very loud music
especially through headphones, repeated exposure to loud sounds, such as machinery.
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There are a few different types of hearing loss:
Conductive
Sensory
Neural and
Mixed (Conductive and sensory combined),
types of hearing loss
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This happens when there is a problem with a part of
the outer or middle ear.
Most kids with conductive hearing loss have a mild
hearing loss and it is usually temporary because in
most cases medical treatment can help.
Conductive hearing loss
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Commonest causes of conductive hearing loss is blockage of the external auditory meatus with wax secreted from ceruminous glands in the skin lining the meatus.
In some people wax accumulates in the meatus and hardens, sometimes pressing against the eardrum.
Normal hearing is usually restored after the hardened wax is removed with a special syringe.
Conductive hearing loss
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Conductive hearing loss
Another cause is the perforated ear drum. This Perforation can be caused by infection in the middle ear or by mechanical injury resulting from a near by explosion or a sudden blow to the head.
Injury to the head can also cause the ossicles of the middle earto become disconnected from one another, thus breaking the conductive path to the cochlea.
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• This happens when the cochlea is not working correctly because the tiny hair cells are damaged or destroyed.
• Depending on the loss, a person may be able to hear most sounds (although they would be muffled); only some sounds; or no sounds at all.
• Sensory hearing impairment is almost always permanent and the ability to talk normally may be affected.
Sensory hearing loss
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Neural hearing lossThis happens when there is a problem with the connection from the cochlea to the brain.
Malfunction of the cochlea and acoustic nerve can be the cause of hearing loss, eventhough vibrations are conducted perfectly into the inner ear.
Such hearing loss is called sensori-neural [perceptive] hearing loss.
Acquired forms of this condition can result from infection, head injury, blast from explosions or
exposure to excessive noise.
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Hearing mechanism of Ear
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Hearing Aid
Patients with a conductive defect which does not respond fully to treatment may
be helped with a hearing aid.
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Noise PollutionAny unpleasant and unwanted sound is considered as Noise.
The best measurement unit of the sound is decibel.
The permissible noise levels is 81 -120 dB.
There are various sources of noises and the
sources are broadly classified in to
industrial and non-industrial sources.
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The loud noises [above 130 dB] can cause immediate and permanent
damage to the muscles in the middle ear,
altering the stiffness of ossicles,
damaging the hair cells of the cochlea and
causing the rupture of the ear drum thereby reducing the hearing efficiency
Noise Pollution
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Prolonged exposure to the unpleasant Noises
Partially responsible for the increased consumption of alcohol, drugs,
tranquilizers and sleeping pills.
Sever mental disturbances and violent behaviour,
Aggravation of Asthma and Ulcers
… Noise Pollution
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… Balancing function of the Ear
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