The very nature of science is discoveries, and the best of those discoveries are the ones you don't expect. - Neil deGrasse Tyson
About this assignment
You will have the opportunity to discuss this assignment with your peers. However, each students will submit an individual paper for marking.
Learning Objectives
- Discuss hearing
- Review main physics concepts we learned in Waves and Sound
- Apply physics concepts to real-life examples
- Recognize the role physics and technology play in our life
To Do
Task 1
Exploration
To Do
Listen to ice instruments play beautiful music.
2. Discuss it with your group members and answer the following questions:
- What was new to you in the video?
- What was the most interesting?
- Why do you think Tim Linhart decided to work with ice as material for music instruments?
- What challenged will musicians experience when performing with ice instruments?
3. Record the summary of your answer to include in your assignment paper for submission.
4. Create a concept map of 7 to 10 physics related concepts in this article. Label the links between concepts with brief explanation of how these concepts are related.
You can use technology tools to do this or draw on paper and take a picture of it to add to your assignment for submission.
Task 2
Critical Thinking
To Do
1. Watch the video Can loud music damage your hearing? - Heather Malyuk (2021).
2. Read the article about noise-induced hearing loss.
3. Discuss the information with your group members and answer the following questions:
- What is noise-induced hearing loss?
- How can noise damage our hearing?
- What are the signs of noise-induced hearing loss?
- How knowledge of physics may help people prevent noise-induced hearing loss?
4. Record the answers to the questions to include in your assignment paper for submission. Make sure the answers are detailed and include the terms and ideas we discuss in this course. Use diagrams if necessary.
Task 3
Application
To Do
1. Watch the video The science of hearing - Douglas L. Oliver (2018)
2. Answer the following questions:
- The motion of what pushes the fluid into cochlea?
- When we lose our hearing due to pathology in the cochlea, how does the brain react to this loss of input?
- Why do some older individuals have “normal” hearing but have difficulty understanding speech in a noisy environment?
- What is a hearing test? How does it work?
- How hearing test diagram for normal hearing is different for the diagram of a person with hearing loss due to loud sounds? Support your answer by images.
3. Create a mind map or a visual of auditory system of humans. Include medical terms and related physics concepts (7 to 10 terms with the links labeled with how the terms are connected ).
.Task 4
Reflection
What have you learned about physics by doing this assignment?
Suggest a current application or future possibilities of the ideas you learned in everyday life or in health related professions. Explain briefly physics behind your example.
Important
When using images or maps write your name under them if you created the images. If you use the work of other people, make sure you use either images from public domain or with Creative Commons license. Also, find the reference information to your image source (author, year, website link) and state it under the image.
The universe is made of stories, not atoms. - Muriel Rukeyser
Credits:
Created with images by fabio lamanna - "The Milky Way and the starry sky over the French Alps and the majestic Barre des Ecrins." • vadim_fl - "snowflake in the snow, winter"