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Hearing depends on sound waves which vibrate the ear drum and are translated into impulses which are fed to the brain.
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Do sound waves exist even if you can't hear them?
Yes, sound waves exist which are not audible to the human ear. Humans can hear sound waves having frequency between 20 - 20,000 Hz. Other all frequencies lie outside our hearing range and are called ultrasonic or supersonic waves.
Sound is..you can hear?
Sound is longitudinal waves that you can hear. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longitudinal_wave
How do sound waves affect people?
we hear them
What is an ultrasonic wave?
Ultrasonic waves are sound waves with frequencies higher than what humans can hear. Sound waves have frequencies of about 20,000 to 100,000.
What do you hear when 2 sounds waves cancel each other out?
When two waves interact via deconstructive interference, then you would hear nothing if you stood in that exact spot. If two waves interact via constructive interference, then you would hear a sound that is the sum of both waves.
What can you hear but can not see?
Sound waves
Which animal can hear ultrasonic waves?
whale can hear ultrasonic sound waves.
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.
How does someone hear a sound?
sound waves and vibrations
Why don't you feel a push of air when you hear the sound?
When we hear sound we do not feel the pushing the air becasue the sound waves are in form of comprestional waves.
Do sound waves exist even if you can't hear them?
Yes, sound waves exist which are not audible to the human ear. Humans can hear sound waves having frequency between 20 - 20,000 Hz. Other all frequencies lie outside our hearing range and are called ultrasonic or supersonic waves.
Sound is..you can hear?
Sound is longitudinal waves that you can hear. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longitudinal_wave
What travels in waves and we use our ears to hear it?
Sound is something that travels in waves and we hear with our ears.
What is the type of wave that allows you to hear the trumpets playing during a concert?
The waves that you hear are called sound waves - it doesn't matter whether it is emitted by a trumpet, or by any other object that you can hear.
The pitch of a sound that you hear depends on the sound waves?
LOUDNESS
What is determined by sound waves frequency?
The sound that you hear.
What can you hear in Costa Rica?
you can hear the sound of birds and the sound of waves washing up to the surface (: .
