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Sound waves compress the eardrum, which in turn transmits sound through a rather Rube Goldberg arrangement of tiny bones back to the point where it's detected and transmitted to the neural system.

As the amplitude of the waves increase, the eardrum is hammered more vigorously. Eventually, two of the bones separate slightly, to reduce but not stop transmission of the sound. Finally, in extreme cases, damage to all parts of this complex system including the eardrum can occur when the amplitude reaches sufficient decibels. A small caliber gunshot is about 150dB and is well into the immediately harmful range. Chronic exposure to lower dB can also do damage.

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