Damage to hair cells and stereocilia can be repaired over time if the person avoids loud sounds.

Where is the peak of the ear canal transfer function?

The sensory structure of hearing is the basilar membrane. 

Ascending from the auditory nerve to the auditory cortex, which nucleus is the first to compare information received from both the left and right cochleae?

When you are threshold searching, you decrease the intensity of the signal by 5 dB if the patient responds. 

What bone is the cochlea in?

dB SPL is calculated by taking the ratio between a measured sound pressure level and what other value?

An audiologist should always brace the head before inserting speculum in an ear. 

Why do we need to measure sound pressure with RMS (root-mean-square), rather than just use the average?

The audiologist can place the bone conduction oscillator on a patient’s forehead to measure bone conduction thresholds.