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Yes, it can if it is loud enough and of the correct pitch. Glass will shatter at a certain frequency, which differs with the type of glass. The proper sound can break it without hurting you in the slightest. Or it can deafen you if it is loud enough.
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There are a few ways that sound can break a glass. The easiest is amplification, raising the volume of the sound until the pressure shatters the glass. The second is just a very loud, sudden sound that deforms the glass before it can conduct the vibrations. The third is resonance, choosing a frequency that causes sympathetic oscillation of the molecules of the glass, so that an increasing amplitude of distortions shatters the glass (as with the first two types of sound).
Prolonged loud sounds can destroy your hearing ability without much physical damage to the eardrum itself. However, a sudden pressure wave (as from an explosion or from a very loud and sudden sound) can push in and rupture the eardrum. The only way to attenuate the pressure is by opening your mouth, so that your throat and the eustachian tubes carry the same pressure to the rear of the eardrums. This will decrease the inward force on the eardrum.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 11y agoAbsolutely. Even a relatively low volume can break glass, and a persons eardrum.
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Can soft sound damage your ear drum?
No only loud noises will damage your ear drum.
As sound enters the ear it vibrates the at the boundary between the outer ear and middle ear and causing the sound waves to them vibrate the hammer?
ear drum
What is the pressure of a sound on an ear drum?
The sound pressure wave is travelling down the ear canal, hits the area of the eardrum, which vibrates ... just like a drum! Sound pressure p = force F divided by area A.
What part of the ear vibrates when you hear sound?
There is a ear drum placed between external and internal ear. It is the most prominent structure that vibrates to produce sound. Then the three tiny bones in the middle ear also vibrate. Then the oval and round windows also vibrate. Then the hair cells in the inner ear also vibrate. The fluid that is present in the cochlea also vibrates.
How does the ear drum move with a low pitch sound?
Slower than at a high pitched sound
Where does the sound vibrate in the ear?
ear drum
If an insect enters the ear can it break the ear drum?
No.
Can soft sound damage your ear drum?
No only loud noises will damage your ear drum.
Which part of the ear trap sound waves?
ear drum
What carries the sound from the ear drum further on into the ear?
vogh
Which part of the ear collects sound waves?
The pinna of the ear collects sound waves. This is the part you see on the side of the head.
How do you hear sound through the ear?
when you hear things, its really sound waves. the sound waves enter your ear, then it vibrates the ear drum.
What is the relationship with vibration with sound?
Sound, actually, is the vibration of air. The vibrations hit your ear drum in your ear.
What is the function of the anvil ear?
A tiny bone in the ear which conducts sound from the ear drum to the middle ear.
Do You hear sound when your ear drum vibrates?
yes you do
As sound enters the ear it vibrates the at the boundary between the outer ear and middle ear and causing the sound waves to them vibrate the hammer?
ear drum
How do ear drum breaks?
burst of major sound to the ear, shaking and rupturing the ear drum causing extreme pain and possible loss of hearing.
