After Going to a Concert, Your Hearing Is Muffled

question 57

Multiple Choice

After going to a concert, your hearing is muffled. What process may have been involved?

• A) a protective increase in tension on muscles that allow movements of the ossicles (bones of the middle ear)
• B) a protective increasing in the sensitivity of the cochlea to vibration
• C) a protective closing of the tympanic membrane
• D) a protective decrease in the potassium concentration of the endolymph
• E) All of the above are true

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