Did you know that 1 in 4 people suffer from hearing loss? It's a natural progression as we age to suffer from hearing loss and the severity can vary from person to person. At Beltone, we believe in helping the world hear better. Our goal is to help our customers and patients track and protect their hearing.
Salty and sweet senses, like sugar, are mostly tasted at the tip of the tongue. Bitter tastes, like coffee, are sensed at the back of the tongue. Sour tastes, like lemon juice, are sensed at the sides of the tongue, at the middle and toward the front. The average person has about 10,000 taste buds. Theyâre replaced about every two weeks. But as you get older, some of those taste cells donât get replaced. Your grandma or grandpa, for example, may only have about 5,000 working taste buds.
Tongue: Is a muscular organ in the mouth. The tongue is covered with moist, pink tissue called mucosa and tiny bumps called papillae. Thousands of taste buds cover the surfaces of the papillae. Taste buds are collections of nerve-like cells that connect to nerves going into the brain. There are four types of taste buds: sour, sweet, bitter and salty. The tongue is vital in tasting and chewing food and in speech. Smell: Nose: The nose, along with the mouth, lets air in and out of the body. It also helops us distinguish different smells in that air. The nasal root is the top of the nose, forming an indentation at the suture where the nasal bones meet the frontal bone.