The Hearing Song: How Hearing Works - it’s CRAZY!

Are you curious about how hearing works? From the sound waves entering to the tympanic membrane vibrating, to the malleus, incus, and stapes doing their job, all the way to what happens in the cochlea and brain - this song captures it all. Enjoy! LYRICS: CHORUS: How hearing works - it’s crazy Sound waves make your eardrums wavy Signal to the brain is blazing This process is amazing VERSE 1: It starts with sound waves in the air Then it flows to the ear to go in there The Eustachian tube is where it flows To the eardrum is where it goes Tympanic membrane is what it’s called Vibrates back and forth like it’s dropping bars Vibrations transfer to the middle ear And the three bony ossicles are in there VERSE 2: The malleus, incus, stapes Jiggle back and forth - it’s crazy To the oval window the energy Gets transferred like there’s synergy In the cochlea shaped like a snail The basilar membrane will not fail The fluid inside starts to vibrate To the organ of corti and I cannot wait VERSE 3: The organ of corti moves up and down And that’s where the hair cells can be found The tectorial membrane causes them to bend And they generate signals from their ends The signals go through the auditory nerve To the auditory cortex is where they’re served And the signal is processed in the brain It’s how hearing happens isn’t that insane?