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Check out these 11 fun facts about hearing:

Newborn babies’ middle ear is full of fluid and can impair their hearing slightly.

A dog’s attention level can be determined by noticing their ears. Ears forward means engaged. Pulled back ears means friendly.

Your ears don’t stop hearing when you sleep; your brain chooses to ignore sound.

Snakes hear through their jawbone and fish hear through ridges on their body because neither have physical ears.

You do not need to clean the wax out of your ears unless you have an abnormal condition.

Ears push the excess wax out as needed.



Sound travels at the speed of 1,130 feet per second.

A newborn baby’s entire hearing apparatus is slightly immature but responds best to high-pitched voices.


In the inner ear, there are three small loops above the cochlea called semicircular canals. Like the cochlea, they are also filled with liquid and have thousands of microscopic hairs. When you move your head, the liquid in the semicircular canals moves, too, and helps you keep balance when in motion.

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