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Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer: Sound
Impact on Human Hearing
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Impact on Human Hearing
Hearing is one of your five senses and plays an important role in how you experience the world. Your ears help you detect sounds like voices, music, and even warnings like sirens. Sound is a form of energy that travels through the air in waves. These sound waves can vary ...
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Have you ever covered your ears when a fire truck passed or at a concert with loud music? That is your body protecting your hearing.
Your ears collect sound waves and send signals to the brain. Inside your ears, sound waves make tiny parts vibrate, especially cells called hair cells.
These hair cells bend when sound hits them and hel...
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