How Hearing Works (Age 6) — Grammar-checked explanation for a 6-year-old

Corrected paragraph:

Hearing happens when a sound wave enters the outer ear and reaches the eardrum. The eardrum makes tiny bones in the middle ear vibrate. Those bones send the vibrations into a spiral-shaped tube called the cochlea. Nerves then send signals to the brain to tell it what the sound is.

Why I made these small grammar changes (simple):

• Capitalization: Use "Hearing" (normal capitalization) instead of all caps "HEARING".
• "Enters" is a clear verb for "goes into." Both are okay, but "enters" is a little more precise.
• "Reaches the eardrum" and "makes it vibrate" says clearly what happens instead of just "hits."
• Use "vibrate" or "vibrations" instead of "shakes" and "shakes" → "vibrations" so the sentence reads smoothly and correctly.
• Change the final part to "Nerves then send signals to the brain to tell it what the sound is" so the sentence is grammatically complete and clear.

Step-by-step for a 6-year-old:

1. Sound goes into the outer ear.
2. The sound reaches the eardrum and makes it move.
3. The eardrum moves tiny bones in the middle ear.
4. The bones send the movement into a snail-shaped tube called the cochlea.
5. Nerves tell the brain what the sound is.