Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jul 3, 2026

06:04
Systematic Hearing Performance Evaluation Process for Adolescents with Cochlear Implantation at Early Ages
Published on: March 24, 2023
A 17-year-old boy with facial palsy and hyperacusis
Zainab A Malik1, Nathan Litman
1Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY, USA.
The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
|July 9, 2008
Abstract
No abstract available in PubMed .
More Related Videos
Related Concept Videos
The Auditory Ossicles
The auditory ossicles of the middle ear transmit sounds from the air as vibrations to the fluid-filled cochlea. The auditory ossicles consist of two malleus (hammer) bones, two incus (anvil) bones, and two stapes (stirrups), one on each side. These bones develop during the fetal stage and are the ones to ossify first. They are fully mature at birth and do not grow afterward.
The aptly named stapes look very much like a stirrup. The three ossicles are unique to mammals, and each plays a role in...
The aptly named stapes look very much like a stirrup. The three ossicles are unique to mammals, and each plays a role in...
Hearing
When we hear a sound, our nervous system is detecting sound waves—pressure waves of mechanical energy traveling through a medium. The frequency of the wave is perceived as pitch, while the amplitude is perceived as loudness.

