How Hearing Works for a 6-year-old: Sound Waves to Brain (Outer Ear, Eardrum, Tiny Bones, Cochlea, Nerves)

Corrected sentence:

Hearing happens when sound waves travel into the ear and make the eardrum vibrate. The eardrum passes these vibrations to tiny bones in the middle ear, which send them into the spiral tube called the cochlea. Nerves then carry signals from the cochlea to the brain.

Step-by-step (easy words for a 6-year-old):

1. Sound waves enter the outer ear, like waves going into a shell.
2. The sound waves hit the eardrum and make it shake.
3. The shaking moves three tiny bones in the middle ear (the hammer, anvil, and stirrup).
4. Those bones send the shaking into a spiral tube called the cochlea.
5. Inside the cochlea, tiny hair cells turn the shaking into electrical signals.
6. Nerves carry those signals to the brain, and the brain says what the sound is (for example, a voice, music, or a dog bark).

Short summary: Hearing is a team effort: outer ear → eardrum → tiny bones → cochlea → nerves → brain.