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Coming from the inner ear and running to the brain is the eighth cranial nerve, the auditory nerve. This nerve carries both balance and hearing information to the brain.
How does the ear connected to the brain?
Electrical impulses travel along the auditory nerve and pass through several information-processing centers. Signals from the right ear travel to the auditory cortex located in the temporal lobe on the left side of the brain. Signals from the left ear travel to the right auditory cortex.
What is the cochlear nerve of the ear?
The cochlear nerve is primarily responsible for transmitting the electrical impulses generated for hearing and localization of sound. The nerve has its origin in the bipolar cells of the spiral ganglion of the cochlea, which is located adjacent to the inner margin of the bony spiral lamina.
