Middle ear peak sensitivity to frequencies between 1 kHz and 3 kHz. The movement of the ossicles may be stiffened by two muscles. The stapedius muscle, the smallest skeletal muscle in the body, connects to the stapes and is controlled by the facial nerve; the tensor tympani muscle connects to the base of the malleus and is under the control of the medial pterygoid nerve which is a branch of the mandibular nerve of the trigeminal nerve. These muscles contract in response to loud sounds, thereby reducing the transmission of sound to the inner ear. This is called the acoustic reflex. Of
Where the Dream Takes You because I find it a very ordinary song." Critics were also unimpressed by Mýa's performance. Calling the singer "a curious choice" for "Where the Dream Takes You", Chuck Taylor, writing for "Billboard", criticized Mýa's vocals for failing "to lift the ballad beyond the mundane, while making it more than obvious that her talents are best-suited for uptempo, beat-heavy fare", and felt that the single itself could have potentially benefited from a more powerful, seasoned vocalist. Ranking "Where the Dream Takes You" among Disney's worst songs, "Consequence of Sound"'s Dominick Suzanne-Mayer panned the ballad as "an addendum every bit as forgettable