How does frequency affect hearing?

High frequency hearing loss causes problems with hearing high-pitched sounds . It can also lead to problems understanding fast speech . Damage to the hair-like structures in your inner ear can cause this specific type of hearing loss. Frequency is a measure of the number of vibrations a sound wave makes per second.

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Can we hear 10 Hz?

The commonly stated range of human hearing is 20 to 20,000 Hz. Under ideal laboratory conditions, humans can hear sound as low as 12 Hz and as high as 28 kHz , though the threshold increases sharply at 15 kHz in adults, corresponding to the last auditory channel of the cochlea.

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