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Why these sound waves are inaudible
July 12, 2007 by Anonymous (not verified), 2 years 19 weeks ago
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Relatively loud sounds are audible in air. These are much much smaller amplitude and are contained waves in nerve fibers. Calling them sound waves just means that they're a certain kind of longitudinal wave in a medium. That's very different from them being macroscopic waves in air that our ears are sensitive to.