Interesting things about the human ear

The Medical System Belgrade (MSB) lists some interesting things about the human ear on its website:

After we overeat, our hearing becomes less sharp.

The middle ear consists of three small bones, one of which, the stapes, is the smallest bone in the human body.

The production of ear wax is crucial to the ear's health.

The inner ear is central to the body's balance system.

The human ear contains around 24,000 fibers.

It only takes 3.5 kg of pressure to tear the ear off.

The human ear can differentiate between hundreds of thousands of various sounds.

The human ear can hear sounds within the 1,000 Hz to 50,000 Hz band.

Our ears never stop hearing, even when we are asleep. The brain merely filters out those sounds.

It is the tiny hair cells in the inner ear that transform sound waves into electrical impulses, sending them as information to the brain.

The circumference of the inner ear is no larger than that of a pencil eraser.

Ear wax is made of oil and sweat.

Ears are more sensitive in childhood than in adulthood.

Ears never stop growing.

When we're afraid, ears make more wax.

Sounds above 130 dB can cause pain.

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