Parts of the ear l Outer ear l

Parts of the ear l Outer ear l Middle ear l Inner ear

Outer Ear The outer ear is the pinna. l Ear canal l Tympanic membrane/eardrum l

Middle Ear The middle ear consists of the smallest bones in your body. l Malleus l Incus l Stapes l

INNER EAR The main part of the inner ear is the cochlea. l The cochlea is a snail shaped spiral and is located in the temporal bone, the strongest bone in your skull. To think all this happens in the wink of an eye! l

Why do we feel dizzy? SPIN AROUND AND SEE IF YOU ARE DIZZY WHEN YOU STOP!!!(SAFELY SPIN 3 TIMES) Semicircular canals l These canals are located in the inner ear. l When you turn your head or spin around, these 3 canals help the brain understand know what has just happened. l

Touring the Ear… lhttp: //www. betterhearing. org/hearing_loss/how. You. Hear. cfm

Hearing Loss There are two types of hearing losses l Conductiveproblems in the outer or middle ear l Sensorineuralproblems in the inner ear, or the auditory pathway

What is it like to have a hearing loss?

Assistive Hearing Devices l l l l FM system ICOM Hearing aids Interpreters/ASL Cochlear implants Sound fields/amplifiers Closed captioning/subtitles TTY and i 711(relay system)

SO THAT’S HOW WE HEAR!!! Any questions or comments? Resources l TOUR OF THE EAR: http: //www. betterhearing. org/hearing_loss/virtu aleartour. swf l www. helpkidshear. org l www. entmags. org