Include a 5-10 sentence explanation of how the ear senses sound and relays that data to the brain to interpret auditory information.  Some pieces to consider:  What path does the sound travel through the ear? What structures do the waves interact with? How does the signal travel to the brain?  Where in the brain is the data processed? How does this sense change with age? What could cause deafness in humans (there are at least two major ways this can happen)?

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Include a 5-10 sentence explanation of how the ear senses sound and relays that data to the brain to interpret auditory information.  Some pieces to consider: 

  1. What path does the sound travel through the ear?
  2. What structures do the waves interact with?
  3. How does the signal travel to the brain? 
  4. Where in the brain is the data processed?
  5. How does this sense change with age?
  6. What could cause deafness in humans (there are at least two major ways this can happen)?
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