Citations
Picture 1: illuminated brain
https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/top10facts/564836/Top-10-facts-about-the-brain
Picture 1: Talking Crowed
Shutterstock.com ID: 2541238159
Picture 2: Types of Hearing Art
Artist: Eva Walsh
Picture 3: Child pulling ears
Figure 1: Police siren sound waves (Doppler effect)
Credit: Zachary Wilson
Source: CK-12 Foundation
License: CC BY-NC 4.0
Figure 2: Ear Diagram
https://www.labxchange.org/library/items/lb:LabXchange:fd5b30db:html:1
Figure 3: Cochlea and frequencies added pictures and arrows
Figure 4: Hair cells in cochlea: (changes: Added arrows, picture, and blurbs to diagram, removed keys)
Smith-Cortinez, N., Tan, A. K., Stokroos, R. J., Versnel, H., & Straatman, L. V. (2023). Regeneration of Hair Cells from Endogenous Otic Progenitors in the Adult Mammalian Cochlea: Understanding Its Origins and Future Directions. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 24(9), 7840. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24097840, Figure 1
Figure 5: Auditory pathways
Figure 6: Before and after (Example of clear vs unclear pathways)
https://www.greenmountainclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Flood-Guidance-2024-1100-x-732-px-1.png
Figure 7: Cochlear Implant example
https://www.aarp.org/health/conditions-treatments/cochlear-implants
Figure 8: CI implant diagram
Zeng, F. G. (2004). Trends in cochlear implants. Trends in amplification, 8(1), 1-34.Figure 3
Figure 9: Hearing Aids example
https://hillsent.com.au/do-patients-use-their-hearing-aids/
Figure 10: Hearing Aid diagram
https://dev.nsta.org/evwebs/764h
Cited sources:
Abdi R., Anshu K., et.al. (2025, February 14). Developmental trajectory of sound localization and precision and localization abilities. 52nd Annual scientific technology meeting of the American Auditory society, Scottsdale, Arizona
Picture 1: Localization crossing the street
Picture 2: Localization Finding a phone by ringtone
Picture 3: Speech in noise listening to a friend in a restaurant
Picture 4: Speech in noise airport navigation
Figures
Figure 1: Localization diagram
Sun, L., Zhong, X., & Yost, W. (2015). Dynamic binaural sound source localization with interaural time difference cues: Artificial listeners. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 137(4_Supplement), 2226-2226. Figure 1h
Figure 2: Speech in noise diagram:
Dantanarayana D., Misurelli S., et. al. (2026, May 13). Associations between Semantic Context in Speech Recognition, Spatial Release from masking, and Executive Functioning in Children using Bilateral Cochlear Implants. Acoustical Society of America, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Picture 1: Child with DS with hearing aids
Picture 2: Clinician fitting cochlear implant example 1
https://wexnermedical.osu.edu/departments/innovations/ent/cochlear-implant-program