Thursday, January 22, 2015

How Old Are Your Ears? - YouTube


Asap Science
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxcbppCX6Rk

16 comments:

Jenna said...

I thought this video was very cool. It was fun because it was interactive. I think that I would have been able to hear everything but, I don't think our computers can generate all those sounds. As soon as the writing said under 30 I could only hear a small beeping sound coming from inside my computer. I liked this video because it was filmed with stop motion animation and because it talked about your ears compared to the skin and liver.

Derek said...

I agree with Jenna that this video was very fun and interactive. I think that it is very interesting to learn about the hair cells in our ears. I would like to learn more about these ear cells but the video does not tell you about them. I am pretty sure I can hear all of of the sounds which means my ears are okay, yay! I find it very interesting that the hair cells pick up higher pitched noises then lower noises. Overall this video was great and I hope to see something like this again.

Natalie said...

I agree with both Jenna and Derek. You tested out your ears, and although I think this is a good test, I feel like the computer didn't generate the sound of some of the noises. Also, I never knew about the ear cells. So, that means if I yell with a high pitched voice, then someone can probably hear me better than if I didn't say it high pitched. But, the higher the pitch, the more the cells get worn down. I find that interesting, so if you want to tell someone who is hard of hearing, you have to say it loudly, but then you ruin their eardrums more...

Siji said...

It's really interesting that hair cells in your ear pick up higher pitches first. I think it's because the higher pitch means the sound wave is traveling at higher frequencies, making it so that the ear will pick it up first.

Jason G. said...

This was a really informative video. Most of human beings don't really think about how the world works and just decide to live in the moment. Inside your ears, there are really small organisms called hair cells. I think it's really cool that hair cells can pick up higher pitches first. I think that the test wasn't very thorough and well done. The test could have been much better due to the fact that the pitches were louder. I don't think that our computers (as many other people said) can produce those kind of sounds. Most of the test sounds I could hear, which is a good thing... I hope. What might happen when I get older? I have always been wondering about the future ahead of me. I really enjoy the fact that the video compared it to the skin and liver. The ear cannot reproduce. Whatever happens to it is permanent.

Julianna said...

When I first heard of this video, I had NO idea what was going to happen during the video. I tried it because it seemed pretty cool, and it is cool! I like when they tested out how high you can hear (I heard all of them :) ). It's impressive (to me) scientists have estimated the ages of how high you can hear, and the names of the sounds. Scientists know what they are doing and because of that, have discovered many discoveries! Overall, I thought this video was a good way to learn about hearing and what sounds you can hear.

Jaime said...

I think this video the very informative. It was cool when they said that there are hair cells in your ear that pick up different frequencies and sends them to your brain, but when you get older they can break or get destroyed; which make it harder to hear quite noises. Also, I agree with Jenna, Derek, and Natalie; it was very interactive and awesome.

Lily S. said...

I thought this video was cool and fun. I liked how it was interactive. I already knew a little bit about the hair cells, but this taught me more. I think the noises were ok, but once it got to under 30 I couldn't hear. I think this was because we are on computers, and we are not hearing it directly. I don't know if this is true or not though. I don't think that was the whole sound. I also thought it was cool how you hear higher pitches a lot easier. I agree with Natalie. If you are talking to a person hard of hearing, and you have to talk loudly, isn't that just ruining their ears more?

Olivia said...

Wow. I had no idea that your ears do not regenerate with age. I could hear every one of the noises. I agree with Jenna, that my favorite part was that it was interactive and you got to experience high pitched noises. I believe that this video could have given more information on where everything is and why your ears do not regenerate. I wish that it gave the reason why your ears are different than your skin and liver. I have always wondered why people can't hear as well when they get older. Overall, I enjoyed watching this video and I want to find one about how old are your eyes, too.

Rohan said...

I think this was a very fun video. I had no idea that you pick up high pitch sounds first. I find that very interesting because if you were talking to an old man (who couldn't hear well) and talked with a high pitch then he would probably not hear it. But if you talked in a lower pitch at the exact same volume then he might hear it.

Paisley said...

I thought this video was very interesting and really explained how the ears do not work as well when you are older than when you are younger. I thought this was cool that I was able to hear all of them, and that there are ear cells that cause the non-hearing for older people. When it said "under twenty" and I could hear it very easily, I felt good, because that means I still have great hearing.

Allie said...

This video was very interesting, like practically everyone said! I could hear everything, but for some I had to turn the volume up on the computer. Also, I DID use headphones, which helped a lot. I was wondering, if high pitched noises and loud noises damage your hearing, wouldn't testing your ears damage your hearing more than just testing to see how good it is? Just a thought that came to mind...

Talia said...

I think this is really cool. I like the video because it isn't just some boring lecture it is actually fun with pictures. I watched some more videos that those people made and they are really interesting but not boring. I learned a lot. I agree with Natalie about the computer not generating the sound of some of the noises. It doesn't work so well but the part about the cells and how you loose hearing was really neat. The part about the high pitched noises was kind of confusing and I wish they explained more about it in a different way but I still liked the video. I also think that we should post more of these videos on the blog. Here is the website for AsapSCIENCE, watch some of their videos they are really cool.


https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC552Sd-3nyi_tk2BudLUzA

Grace said...

It was a really cool interactive video. When I first saw this I wasn't sure about it because I was born with the same ears. The hair cells in our ears were the best part for me. It was cool to learn about the ears. It was really awesome when they compared it to the skin and to the liver. I never knew that the ears were compared to other parts of the body. Like Derek, I could hear everything so my ears are good, YAY! The hair cells pick up higher pitches part was really cool, I really liked this video. Like Natalie, I don't think that our laptops didn't generate all of the noises, but it was cool to have a video like this and to learn about the ears. I really hope to see something else like this and to learn more about the ears and other parts of the body.

Sophia said...

I thought that this a a very interesting video. I thought is was really cool to learn about ears. It was really cool when they compared it to the liver and the skin. Like Derek and Grace said, I can also hear mostly everything. I have really good ears. I never new that our hair cells can pick up higher pitches, that was a very cool part. This video was so cool, and I wish that Ted Talks and like Talia said, lectures could be as cool as this.

Justin Y said...

I think this video uses common sense. It showed us that we are lucky to be under 20 and it showed why that was and why only certain people with certain hair cells can hear it. I think this video was extremely cool with only using a white-board and a narration. Very clever!!!