What are the different forms of colorblindness? • Does the color of your iris affect your vision? (e.g. brown eyes versus blue eyes) • Where does “eye strain” originate from – muscles around the eye, muscles inside the eye, or something else?
Special Senses – Hearing & Equilibrium
• How do personal hearing aid devices work? • Does an ear infection affect hearing or equilibrium? • What causes the sensation of motion sickness? • Why do some people get vertigo or motion sickness more than others? • Why do we feel dizzy after spinning in a circle? • What causes that occasional “ringing” sound in our ears? • When water gets “stuck” in our ears (swimming in a pool, from the shower, etc.) what part of the ear is the water stuck in? • If you happened to have a punctured eardrum, and water got in your ears from swimming in a pool, where would the water leak into?
Blood, Heart, and Circulation • Do you really get drunk faster at high altitudes?
