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In what frequency range do acoustic waves elicit an auditory percept in humans?
Acoustic waves that have frequencies lying between about 20 Hz and 20 kHz elicit an auditory percept in humans.
What are sound waves above 20 kHz known as?
Sound waves above 20 kHz are known as ultrasound and are not audible to humans.
What are sound waves below 20 Hz known as?
Sound waves below 20 Hz are known as infrasound.
What is acoustics?
Acoustics is the interdisciplinary science that deals with the study of mechanical waves in gasses, liquids, and solids including vibration, sound, ultrasound, and infrasound.
What is a scientist who works in the field of acoustics called?
A scientist who works in the field of acoustics is an acoustician.
What is sound in physics?
Sound is a vibration that propagates as an acoustic wave through a transmission medium such as a gas, liquid, or solid.
What frequency range of acoustic waves elicits an auditory percept in humans?
Acoustic waves with frequencies between about 20 Hz and 20 kHz, the audio frequency range, elicit an auditory percept in humans.
What are sound waves above 20 kHz known as?
Sound waves above 20 kHz are known as ultrasound and are not audible to humans.
What are sound waves below 20 Hz known as?
Sound waves below 20 Hz are known as infrasound.
What is acoustics?
Acoustics is the interdisciplinary science that deals with the study of mechanical waves in gases, liquids, and solids including vibration, sound, ultrasound, and infrasound.
Test your knowledge of sound waves and human perception with this quiz on the physics and physiology of sound. Explore the frequency range of audible sounds and how they are received and processed by the brain.
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