![Questions and Answers About Your Hearing](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090113200142im_/http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/staticresources/health/education/owlgame/images/QandA_banner.gif) |
1. What sounds can hurt your hearing, if you are around them too long? |
![Boom Box](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090113200142im_/http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/staticresources/health/education/owlgame/images/q1a.gif)
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![Jet Engine](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090113200142im_/http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/staticresources/health/education/owlgame/images/q1b.gif)
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![Fire Engine](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090113200142im_/http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/staticresources/health/education/owlgame/images/q1c.gif)
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![WISE EARS!<sup>®</sup>Owl](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090113200142im_/http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/staticresources/health/education/owlgame/images/b_owl.gif) |
2. Sound is a form of energy. |
![True](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090113200142im_/http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/staticresources/health/education/owlgame/images/q2a.gif)
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3. Sound travels in _____. |
![Waves](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090113200142im_/http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/staticresources/health/education/owlgame/images/q3a.gif)
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![Streams](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090113200142im_/http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/staticresources/health/education/owlgame/images/q3b.gif)
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4. Sometimes you can feel sounds on your body. |
![True](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090113200142im_/http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/staticresources/health/education/owlgame/images/q4a.gif)
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5. Which sounds cannot be felt on your body? |
![Thunder](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090113200142im_/http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/staticresources/health/education/owlgame/images/q5a.gif)
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![Fireworks](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090113200142im_/http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/staticresources/health/education/owlgame/images/q5b.gif)
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6. The bones in your ear are the smallest bones in your body. Together they are smaller than an orange seed. |
![True](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090113200142im_/http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/staticresources/health/education/owlgame/images/q2a.gif)
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7. Sound travels through the outer ear through the middle ear and bounces off the ear _____. |
![Cymbal](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090113200142im_/http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/staticresources/health/education/owlgame/images/q7a.gif)
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![Drum](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090113200142im_/http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/staticresources/health/education/owlgame/images/q7b.gif)
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8. The inner ear is filled with _____. |
![Jelly](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090113200142im_/http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/staticresources/health/education/owlgame/images/q8a.gif)
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9. Sound waves must travel to the _____ to be heard. |
![Brain](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090113200142im_/http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/staticresources/health/education/owlgame/images/q10a.gif)
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![Ear](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090113200142im_/http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/staticresources/health/education/owlgame/images/q10b.gif)
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10. Noise is unwanted sound. |
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11. Damage occurs when loud sounds enter the ____. |
![Inner Ear](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090113200142im_/http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/staticresources/health/education/owlgame/images/q11a.gif)
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![Outer Ear](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090113200142im_/http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/staticresources/health/education/owlgame/images/q11b.gif)
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12. Two hours of fun at a loud concert can result in a lifetime of reduced hearing. |
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13. Only you can protect your ears. Be an ear _______. |
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