{"id":2356,"date":"2022-11-02T19:36:06","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T01:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swient.com\/?p=2356"},"modified":"2022-11-02T19:36:06","modified_gmt":"2022-11-03T01:36:06","slug":"five-unusual-facts-about-your-ears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swient.com\/five-unusual-facts-about-your-ears\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Unusual Facts About Your Ears"},"content":{"rendered":"
You probably don\u2019t spend too much time thinking about your ears, even though they play such a crucial role in your life. They help keep you balanced, enjoy your favorite music, and converse with your family over a relaxing meal at Zee\u2019s Rooftop Caf\u00e9<\/a>.<\/p>\n Let\u2019s take some time to appreciate these amazing organs by examining a few unusual facts about your ears.<\/p>\n The human body has 206 bones, and your ears are home to the three smallest, the malleus, incus, and stapes. These three bones work to help you hear by transmitting sound vibrations to the brain. If any one or all of them break, it can cause conductive hearing loss, where sound is blocked from moving through the outer or middle ear.<\/p>\n Not the hair on your head, as that would be more than unusual! However, tiny hair cells located in the cochlea in the inner ear play a vital role in helping transmit sound to your brain. If these cells are damaged by loud noise, disrupted blood flow or for another reason, they cannot be repaired. Enough damage will lead to permanent hearing loss.<\/a><\/p>\n Women and men have different experiences when it comes to hearing ability and hearing loss. Research has shown that women of all ages have a better ability to hear higher frequency or higher-pitched sounds<\/a> (above 2000 Hz) than men. Conversely, as women age, they seem to struggle to hear lower frequency sounds more than men do.<\/p>\n Hearing loss becomes more likely as we age. Typically, we start to lose our ability to hear higher-frequency sounds first. This means it might become more difficult to hear things like birds chirping, waves crashing or even higher-pitched voices like those of women and children.<\/p>\nEars Have the Three Smallest Bones in the Human Body <\/h2>\n
Hair Helps You Hear<\/h2>\n
Gender May Affect Your Hearing<\/h2>\n
Age Makes it Harder to Hear High-pitched Sounds<\/h2>\n
Pediatric Hearing Loss Can Affect School Performance<\/h2>\n