How Hearing Works — Simple, Corrected Explanation for a 6-year-old

Corrected sentence: Hearing starts when a sound wave enters the outer ear and hits the eardrum. The eardrum makes three tiny bones in the middle ear move. These bones carry the vibrations into a snail-shaped tube called the cochlea. Nerves then send signals to the brain, which tells us what the sound is.

Simple step-by-step for a 6-year-old

1. Sound goes into your outer ear.
2. The sound makes the eardrum move.
3. The eardrum moves three tiny bones in the middle ear.
4. Those bones send the sound into a little snail-shaped part called the cochlea.
5. Special nerves send a message to your brain, and your brain tells you what the sound is.

Note on grammar changes: I changed "HEARING" to "Hearing" (only the first word needs a capital), "gets into" to "enters" for clearer wording, added "three" to show there are three tiny bones, used "carry the vibrations" to be more precise, and made the last sentence clearer by saying the nerves "send signals to the brain, which tells us what the sound is."