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Sound Amplification Ossicles Travelling Air Reflected Contracted Liquid

Front sound amplification by the ossicles
Back sound travelling through air is mostly reflected when contracted by a liquid medium (due to incompressibility of fluids), vibrational pressure passes to cochlear fluid, oval window assists in amplifying the sound energy

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