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THE MIDDLE EAR: FACING THE BATTLE HEADS ON

The middle ear is the portion of the ear between the outer ear and the inner ear. Here, sound waves become mechanical vibrations and impedance matching occurs.
Structure:
The middle ear begins with the eardrum at the end of the ear canal. The middle ear contains three tiny bones, called the ossicles. These three bones form a connection from the eardrum to the inner ear. As sound waves hit the eardrum, the eardrum moves back and forth causing the ossicles to move. As a result, the sound wave is changed to a mechanical vibration.
Function:
·      The function of the middle ear is to carry the vibrations from the external ear to the inner ear. When sound vibrations enter the ear, the eardrum vibrates. The vibration of the eardrum makes the ossicles vibrate. The ossicles, in turn, amplify these vibrations and carry them to the inner ear, where they will be translated into electric signals and sent to the brain.

This is where the processing of sounds starts getting kind of choosy…here’s how:
Actually, the sound waves that hit the outer ear can either be reflected (scattered) or conducted.
And it’s only the conducted sound waves that travel through the ear canal and hits the eardrum (tympanic membrane). This inward force eventually causes the ear ossicles to result in pressing of footplate of stapes into the oval window. Ok, that’s enough of that, let’s get on with the interesting derivatives:
1.      The surface area of the eardrum is 30 times greater than that of the stapes. Oops! Well, that means the resulting pressure on the oval window is about 30 times greater than the original pressure on the eardrum…this pressure is needed for the stapes to be able to transfer energy to the inner ear.
Who cares, right?
Here’s it: The more focused/conducted and less scattered the words you hear a.k.a listen to, the greater the pressure generated in your spiritual hearing faculties.
2.      The ear ossicles are bones- i.e they are specifically suitable for their functions. This wouldn’t have been possible if they were merely cartilages or muscles, I’m pretty sure you get my point.
Your words have to be molded, peculiar to your life. Personalize words…
3.      They (ossicles) are the smallest bones in the body
Your voice doesn’t have to be the loudest in the world, the right words you hear do not have to be long, bulky (permit me to call words bulky), dictionary-ous words…they just have to be the right words. A verse of Scripture daily is enough, actually.
4.      They are located in air-filled spaces
They operate in the right environs for their activities
5.      Conduction of sound waves is from one thin membrane to another.
Hey, the opposition is not as strong as you think…

Note: the middle ear is the battle ground. The human’s middle ear functions in matching the opposition to conduction of sound waves- using small but effective bones! Choose your own bones because it’s battle time!

Thanks for reading.

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