The vestibule is the part next to the ovel window. The vestibule opens into a tiny tube that is curled up. The cochlea is the curled part. The organ of Corti is stretched out inside the cochlea. Connected to a threadlike nerve is each hearing cell.
Telephone wires carry sounds the same way nerves carry signals.
This is how the ear works. This site has been visited times since August 24, 1998.