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transmission of sound vibrations to the eardrum through the external auditory meatus

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  • When, on the other hand, the vibrations are heard better by air-conduction, the lesion is in the sound-perceiving apparatus.
  • Most people with hearing loss can benefit from conventional air-conduction hearing aids, which work by amplifying sound passed along the ear canal to the eardrum making...
  • The tone produced by a vibrating tuning-fork is conducted to the nerve terminations in the labyrinth both through the air column in the external meatus (air-conduction),...
  • These courses are approved by the Council for Accreditation in Occupational Hearing Conservation (CAOHC) and are designed to train nursing, allied medical, and industrial...
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