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| • | Sound waves
vibrate bones of the middle ear |
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| • | Stirrup hits
against the oval window of cochlea |
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| • | Sets the fluid
inside in motion |
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| • | Hair cells are
stimulated with the movement of |
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| the basilar
membrane |
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| • | Physical
stimulation converted into neural |
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| impulses |
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| • | Sent through the
thalamus to the auditory cortex |
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| (temporal lobes) |
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