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Glossary Acustics / Term

Cochlea

Part of the human hearing mechanism located within the inner ear that contains the receptor organs essential to the hearing process. It is shaped like a small snail and contains the hair cells that detect the sound vibrations and convert a mechanical motion into nerve impulses that are sent to the brain for interpretation as sound patterns and noise identification.

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