Psych Exam 3 Mod. 21

Cochlear implans did not enable hearing in deaf-from-birth cats that received them when fully grown, rather than as 8-week-old infants. This illustrates the importance of ______ for normal sensory development.

a critical period

You are in an unfamiliar setting and your eyes are closed. Which of the following sounds would be hardest for you to locate correctly? a. a bell ringing 6 feet directly in front of you b. a pen hitting the top of a table beside you c. a crying child standing 5 feet off to your right d. music from a loudspeaker 15 feet to your left

a. a bell ringing 6 feet directly in front of you

The 130-decibel sound of a rock band is ______ times more intense that the 100-decibel sound of a nearby subway train

1000

Hair cells line the surface of the

basilar membrane

Prolonged exposure to any sounds about 85 _____ can produce hearing loss.

decibels

Small difference in the intensity of a sound received by each ear enables us to identify the ______ of the sound

location

The low notes on a piano always produce ________ sound waves than the high notes.

longer

Frequency is to pitch as amplitude is to:

loudness

If you burns your finger, _____ transmit pain-triggering signals to your central nervous system,

nociceptors

Tiny bones in the middle ear relay the eardrum's vibrations directly to the

oval window

Many older people lose their hearing for high-pitched sounds due to tissue degeneration near the beginning of the basiliar membrane. This is best explained by the _____ theory.

place

The discovery that high-frequency sounds trigger large vibrations near the beginning of the basilar membrane supports the ________ theory.

place

Alex tickles his brother by stroking adjacent ________ spots on his skin.

pressure

A cochlear implant would be most helpful for those who suffer

sensorineural hearing loss

The auditory nerve carries neural messages to the auditory cortex is located in the ________ lobe

temporal

According to the frequency theory:

the rate at which impulses travel up the auditory nerve matches the frequency of the tone being heard

somatosensory cortex is activated by _______ sensations

touch

Damage to the cochlea's hair cell receptors is most likely to cause a loss of

audition

The basilar membrane is located in the:

cochlea

The coiled, bony. fluid-filled tube in which sound waves trigger nerve impulses is called the

cochlea

The retina is to the eye as the ________ is to the ear.

cochlea

sensorineural hearing loss is caused by damage to the:

cochlea

By amplifying soft sounds but not loud sounds, digital hearing aids produce

compressed sound

Conduction hearing loss is most likely to result from damage to the

eardrum

Loudness is to amplitude as pitch is to:

frequency

The volley principle is particularly relevant to the ____ theory

frequency

The mechanical system or chain reaction of vibrations triggered b sound waves are transformed into neural impulses by

hair cells