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A DEFINITIVE REPLY
TO EVOLUTIONIST
PROPAGANDA
As is commonly known, the hearing process begins with vibra-
tions in the air. These vibrations are enhanced in the external ear by
about 17 decibels. 1
Sound intensified in this way enters the external auditory canal.
This is the passageway leading from the external ear to the eardrum.
One interesting feature of the auditory canal, which is some three and
a half centimeters long, is the wax it constantly secretes. This liquid
contains an antiseptic property which keeps bacteria and insects out.
Furthermore, the cells on the surface of the auditory canal are aligned
in a spiral form directed towards the outside, so that the wax always
flows towards the outside of the ear as it is secreted.
Sound vibrations that pass down the auditory canal in this way
reach the eardrum. This membrane is so sensitive that it can even
perceive vibrations on the molecular level. Thanks to the exquisite
sensitivity of the eardrum, you can easily hear somebody whisper-
ing from yards away. Another extraordinary feature of the eardrum
is that after receiving a vibration it returns to its normal state.
Calculations have revealed that, after perceiving the tiniest vibra-
tions, the eardrum becomes motionless again within up to four
thousandths of a second. If it did not become motionless again so
quickly, every sound we hear would echo in our ears.
The eardrum amplifies the vibrations that come to it, and sends
them on to the middle ear region. Here, there are three bones in an
extremely sensitive equilibrium with each other. These three bones
are known as the hammer, the anvil, and the stirrup; their function
is to amplify the vibrations that reach them from the eardrum.
But the middle ear also possesses a kind of "buffer," to reduce
exceedingly high levels of sound. This feature is provided by two of
the body's smallest muscles, which control the hammer, anvil, and
stirrup bones. These muscles enable exceptionally loud noises to be
reduced before they reach the inner ear. Thanks to this mechanism,
we hear sounds that are loud enough to shock the system at a re-
duced volume. These muscles are involuntary, and come into oper-
ation automatically.
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