If you were studying the part of the human ear which converts sound energy into nerve impulses you would be studying:

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The mechanoreceptors for sound,called hair cells,are located in the snail-shaped cochlea,a major part of the inner ear.A cross section of the cochlea reveals that the receptors are located in the cochlear canal,one of three canals in the cochlea.When the stapes strikes the oval window,pressure waves move through the fluid of these canals.The organ of Corti,by which we hear,consists of little hair cells that occur along the length of the basilar membrane.The hair cells have extensions called stereocilia,which are embedded in the gelatinous tectorial membrane.When we hear,the fluid pressure waves in the inner ear cause the basilar membrane to vibrate and the stereocilia to bend because they are trapped in the tectorial membrane.The hair cells now generate nerve impulses that travel in the cochlear nerve to the brain stem.

If You Were Studying the Part of the Human Ear