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OpenStudy (anonymous):

please help Is there a difference in the way that the ear hears low-, medium-, or high-frequency sounds? Of what value is it to have different hair cells attuned to different frequencies of vibration?

OpenStudy (thebadyboy):

hey

OpenStudy (thebadyboy):

; )

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yes

OpenStudy (anonymous):

why? @emmilinev

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yes but i don't know why we cant perceive very high or very low pitched sounds

OpenStudy (aaronq):

We can only hear sounds (pressure oscillations) that are in frequencies resonant to the hairs in our ears. So why can't we hear high or low frequencies? we dont have hairs that resonate with those frequencies.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

sry not sure i just know its true! ;)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

A big part of it is the shape of the structure that contains the "hairs".

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I have no clue

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