The steps below describe how you hear. number the steps in the correct order. the first one is done for you the sound waves make the eardrum vibrate. the moving liquid blends tiny hairs in your inner ear.1. the outside part of your ear catches the sound waves moving through the air. the auditory nerves turn the movements of the tiny hairs into signals and sand them to the brain. the sound waves move down the auditory canal. the vibrations from the small bones in your middle ear make the liquid in your inner ear move. vibrations from the eardrum are passed to small bones.