Uploaded September 2023 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago

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Release Date: August 24th, 2018

Lyrics:
From ways of moving molecules,
To vibrations in the ear,
To electrical signals in our brains,
That's what it means to hear!

When objects move,
The nearby molecules get pushed around!
Bumping one another in a chain reaction,
They form these waves of sound!
They reach the ear, which directs them like a funnel,
To the ear canal, which is sort of like a tunnel!
To the eardrum, not the kind you play!
It's just a little flap that the sound waves sway!
So the eardrum sends vibrations made,
Along an itty-bitty bones parade!
From the malleus, to the incus,
To the stapes they go!
Amplifying the sound as it gets past on like a relay baton!
Reaching another flap, that's called the oval window!
And through there it passes the vibrations,
Through the cochlea, a fluid-filled cavity,
Packed with these hair-like cells!
And the motion in this ocean,
Well, it makes those hair cells sway!
And that triggers electrical signals,
That get processed in the brain!

From ways of moving molecules,
To vibrations in the ear,
To electrical signals in our brains,
That's what it means to hear!
That's what it means to hear!

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