Another interesting fact about our hearing This time related to the brain. Two parts of our auditory analyzer do not stop during sleep - we hear even when we are asleep! The auditory receptor and the auditory nerve with conduction pathways do not stop working. But the areas of the cerebral cortex that analyze this information are asleep and ignored. However, you may have noticed one interesting feature. Since part of the auditory analyzer is not "asleep", external sounds can interfere with our dreams, changing the plot a little🧠