Minimize the disorienting effects of vertigo.

Amplify sound waves being relayed to the oval window.

Add tension to the basilar membrane.

Prevent the otoliths from becoming mechanically displaced.

A hypothesis is a broad explanation; a theory is a narrow guess.

A hypothesis is a specific, testable prediction based on a theory.

A theory is a specific prediction derived from a hypothesis.

They are the same thing.

Examining the relationship between two or more variables without manipulation

Describing a single case in detail

Examining the relationship between two or more variables with manipulation

Determining whether one variable causes another