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1. Explain why it might be possible for dogs and cats to detect when a person ha

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Question

1. Explain why it might be possible for dogs and cats to detect when a person has cancer. In your answer give a specific type of stimulus, specific type of receptor and neuroanatomical pathway (ie. what are the steps in between the stimulus affecting a receptor and perception in the brain).

2. a) What is sensorineural hearing loss?

b) Which steps in the sound transduction process does a cochlear implant replace? Be specific, and name each step/structure that is bypassed in order!

c) Which stage in the sound transduction process does a standard hearing aid replace/enhance?

d) Name two different circumstances where a cochlear implant might not be recommended

Explanation / Answer

Q2. a) sensorineural hearing loss

Sensorineural hearing loss can be deffined as that that type of hear loss when our inner ear is demaged or the nerve is demaged which travel from our ear to brain.