Gamers! EarAware: Mission Cochlea

Play the Game. Save Your Hearing. Earn Your Rank.

What Is Mission Cochlea?

Welcome to the official EarAware game — a fast-paced, sound-smart mission through the inner ear where you fight back against dangerous decibels and protect your precious hearing.

You start with 3,500 inner hair cells — just like the real human ear. These cells are your life force, your energy, and your future. Lose too many, and your hearing — and your mission — fail.

Your goal:
Answer hearing safety questions.
Identify dangerous noise levels.
Avoid friendly fire.
Make it all the way to Brigadier General in the Ear Force — with your hearing intact.

How to Play

🚀 Fly through the Ear Canal: You're piloting a miniature aircraft inside a giant cochlea. The background is an immersive, stylized ear canal.

🔫 Shoot the Right Targets:

  • Enemies are labeled with sound levels above 85 dB — these are dangerous and must be destroyed.

  • Friendlies are safe sounds at or below 85 dB — do NOT shoot them.
    Each target is flying with its dB level as its call sign (e.g., “95 dB,” “72 dB”).

❓ Answer Knowledge Checks:
Periodically, you'll be asked a hearing health question (A, B, C, or D). Shoot the correct answer while dodging and firing.

💥 Every Mistake Costs You Hair Cells:

  • Shoot a friendly? You lose hair cells.

  • Get a question wrong? You lose hair cells.

  • Take a hit from a dB enemy? Yep — more cells lost.

Your Mission

You begin with 3,500 hair cells — that’s all you get. Forever.

You must:

  • Eliminate 85 dB+ enemies

  • Correctly answer 10 questions

  • Advance in rank from Recruit (E-1) all the way to Brigadier General (O-7)

Each level gets tougher. More enemies. Harder questions. Louder chaos. You’ll need sharp reflexes — and sharper hearing wisdom.

Earn Your EarAware Rank

Your gameplay links to your EarAware profile. Every correct answer, every level you complete, every friend you recruit — it all earns you progress toward certification and higher ranks in the Ear Force.

🎖️ E-1 EarAware Recruit: Start your mission
🎖️ E-2 Private: Complete Level 1
🎖️ O-7 Brigadier General: Complete the entire campaign and preserve your hearing!

Earn badges. Share your rank. Become a Hearing Hero.

Team Up, Level Up

Want more hearing power?

👥 Invite Friends — for every friend who joins, you get +10 bonus hair cells
💰 Make a Donation — contribute to EarAware and earn hair cell blocks as in-game energy boosts (and help us fight hearing loss in real life)

You can’t regenerate your real hair cells…
But in this game, your community helps you heal.

Coming Soon on Web & Mobile

Mission Cochlea will be playable right in your browser or on your phone — no download required.
Track your progress in your EarAware dashboard. Compete. Learn. Win.

Ready to Join the Fight for Hearing Health?

🎧 [Start Game]
📖 [How Sound Damages Hearing]
📜 [View Rank System]
👥 [Invite Friends]
🧪 [Take the Hearing Certification Quiz]