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:''For 'hearing' in the sense of a court proceeding, see [[Hearing]].''
'''Hearing''' or '''audition''' is a bodily [[Senses|sense]] to perceive '''[[sound]]''', provided by the [[ear]]s and the associated internal [[organ]]s in each ear, notably the [[Cochlea]], the [[Organ of Corti]] and [[hair cells]] which receive sound and convert it to [[nerve]] impulses which are interpreted by the [[brain]].
Loss or absence of the sense of hearing is known as [[deafness]].
In some ways, hearing can be thought of as a special case of [[touch]], or vice versa, as sound and vibrations felt by the skin are in a similar band of frequencies. Ears can generally hear across the frequency range of about 200 to 10,000 [[Hertz]] when we are young, with the extremes of this range moving inwards as we age.
Hearing is also possible through [[bone]] conduction, where sounds are transmitted through the [[skull]] to the auditory organs. Examples of this are while a person is underwater or when the head is brought into contact with a [[musical instrument]] (for example, a [[violin]] player hears the instrument both through the ears directly and by bone conduction through the [[jaw]] to the skull.)
[[Category:Anatomy]]
'''Hearing''' or '''audition''' is a bodily [[Senses|sense]] to perceive '''[[sound]]''', provided by the [[ear]]s and the associated internal [[organ]]s in each ear, notably the [[Cochlea]], the [[Organ of Corti]] and [[hair cells]] which receive sound and convert it to [[nerve]] impulses which are interpreted by the [[brain]].
Loss or absence of the sense of hearing is known as [[deafness]].
In some ways, hearing can be thought of as a special case of [[touch]], or vice versa, as sound and vibrations felt by the skin are in a similar band of frequencies. Ears can generally hear across the frequency range of about 200 to 10,000 [[Hertz]] when we are young, with the extremes of this range moving inwards as we age.
Hearing is also possible through [[bone]] conduction, where sounds are transmitted through the [[skull]] to the auditory organs. Examples of this are while a person is underwater or when the head is brought into contact with a [[musical instrument]] (for example, a [[violin]] player hears the instrument both through the ears directly and by bone conduction through the [[jaw]] to the skull.)
[[Category:Anatomy]]