Question

Why are we able to hear with our ears?​

Answer 1

Answer: Sound waves enter the outer ear and travel through a narrow passageway called the ear canal, which leads to the eardrum. The eardrum vibrates from the incoming sound waves and sends these vibrations to three tiny bones in the middle ear. These bones are called the malleus, incus, and stapes.

Answer 2

The cochlea transfers those vibrations into nerve signals that our brain can interpret as sounds.

But we also get vibrations to the cochlea another way. Vibrations (like our own voices) can also travel directly from our skulls to our middle ear, bypassing the eardrum.