Can low frequency harm you?

Low frequency sounds can be harmful Human beings are normally able to detect sounds in the range of 20-20,000 Hz and it is well known that sounds within this range can damage the hearing. However, sounds under the frequency of 20 Hz can also affect the ear even though we are unable to hear them.

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What does 7 Hz do to the body?

Especially dangerous is infrasound at the frequency of 7 Hz, since this sound, generating frequencies, close to characteristic frequencies of the organs of our body, may disturb the heart or brain activity . Machines, natural sources storms, earthquakes, hurricanes, etc. generate infrasound.

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Is 10 Hz a low-frequency?

The range from 10Hz to 100Hz may be considered as the low frequency region , with a possible extension by an octave at each end. There is no need to consider infrasound as a “special case”. However, audible sounds at the lowest frequencies will be at a high decibel level (Table I).

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Is 7 Hz low-frequency?

Especially dangerous is infrasound at the frequency of 7 Hz , since this sound, generating frequencies, close to characteristic frequencies of the organs of our body, may disturb the heart or brain activity. Machines, natural sources storms, earthquakes, hurricanes, etc. generate infrasound.

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