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  2. Hearing range - Wikipedia

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    The human auditory system is most sensitive to frequencies between 2,000 and 5,000 Hz. [10] Individual hearing range varies according to the general condition of a human's ears and nervous system. The range shrinks during life, [11] usually beginning at around the age of eight with the upper frequency limit being reduced. Women lose their ...

  3. Audio frequency - Wikipedia

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    The lower human threshold of hearing, and the lowest pedal notes of a pipe organ. 32 to 512 2nd to 5th Rhythm frequencies, where the lower and upper bass notes lie. 512 to 2,048 6th to 7th Defines human speech intelligibility, gives a horn-like or tinny quality to sound. 2,048 to 8,192 8th to 9th

  4. Psychoacoustics - Wikipedia

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    The upper limit is more a question of the limit where the ear will be physically harmed or with the potential to cause noise-induced hearing loss. A more rigorous exploration of the lower limits of audibility determines that the minimum threshold at which a sound can be heard is frequency dependent. By measuring this minimum intensity for ...

  5. Equal-loudness contour - Wikipedia

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    The human auditory system is sensitive to frequencies from about 20 Hz to a maximum of around 20,000 Hz, although the upper hearing limit decreases with age. Within this range, the human ear is most sensitive between 2 and 5 kHz, largely due to the resonance of the ear canal and the transfer function of the ossicles of the middle ear.

  6. Audio signal - Wikipedia

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    Audio signals have frequencies in the audio frequency range of roughly 20 to 20,000 Hz, which corresponds to the lower and upper limits of human hearing. Audio signals may be synthesized directly, or may originate at a transducer such as a microphone, musical instrument pickup, phonograph cartridge, or tape head.

  7. Absolute threshold - Wikipedia

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    It is approximately the quietest sound a young human with undamaged hearing can detect at 1,000 Hz. [15] The threshold of hearing is frequency dependent and it has been shown that the ear's sensitivity is best at frequencies between 1 kHz and 5 kHz. [15] Humans typically have a lower hearing threshold for their own names.

  8. Ultrasonic hearing - Wikipedia

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    Ultrasonic hearing is a recognised auditory effect which allows humans to perceive sounds of a much higher frequency than would ordinarily be audible using the inner ear, usually by stimulation of the base of the cochlea through bone conduction. Normal human hearing is recognised as having an upper bound of 15–28 kHz, [1] depending on the person.

  9. Critical band - Wikipedia

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    A Band-pass filter showing the centre frequency(Fc), the lower(F1) and upper(F2) cut off frequencies and the bandwidth. The upper and lower cut-off frequencies are defined as the point where the amplitude falls to 3 dB below the peak amplitude. The bandwidth is the distance between the upper and lower cut-off frequencies, and is the range of ...