Basic Audiology

5. Mechanism of the ear: inner ear, auditory nerve, and pathways beyond
6. Spiral cavity of the inner ear; produces nerve impulses in response to sound vibrations.
8. Rapid, rocking eye movement
10. point of greatest retraction by the malleus
12. Narrowing of the ear canal
13. Contains sensory hair cells, lies on top of the basilar membrane
15. Lack of ear canal
16. A small anvil-shaped bone in the middle ear
18. The larger of the two fluid-filled cavities forming part of the labyrinth of the inner ear, linear acceleration
19. A prominence on the inner side of the external ear

1. Hearing loss due to aging
2. Bekesy's theory
3. the largest bone of the middle ear
4. Underdeveloped Pinna (small ear)
5. The smaller of the two fluid-filled cavities forming part of the labyrinth of the inner ear, vertical acceleration
7. Lack of ear (no external ear)
9. (Balance) Portion of the inner ear, houses organs of equilibrium
11. Sensation of whirling or spinning
14. Bones of the middle ear
17. The outer rim of the ear