Sound travels from the external environment down the ear canal to the ear drum.
Sounds from the outer ear vibrate the ear drum, which in turn causes the bones of the middle ear, malleus, incus and stapes, to vibrate. Stapes, also know as ‘anvil’ due to its appearance, vibrates a part of the cochlea known as the oval window, setting cochlear fluids into motion.
Once cochlear fluids are in motion, small structures called hair cells, are responsible for turning the mechanical sound signal from the external environment into an electrical signal which transmits the information from the cochlea to the auditory nerve. There are two kinds of hair cells: outer hair cells, and inner hair cells. These cells are frequency specific, in that they are specialized to ‘hear’ or transmit certain frequencies at extremely soft volumes
Once the signal moves up the auditory nerve, it transmits through the brain stem up to the auditory cortex in the brain, where sound is processed into something meaningful.
Toronto Hearing Health Clinic is located in the lower level of the Magenta Health Centre next to Phipps Bakery, inside the Momentum Building
There is ample complimentary street parking and a Green P (location ID 047) on 125 Burnaby Blvd, behind the Starbucks and Summerhill Market. Please use the code ‘crosstown’ in the Green P Parking App for up to 2 hours of free parking
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