Audible and Inaudible Sounds

AUDIBLE AND INAUDIBLE SOUND

• Sounds frequency between 20 Hz to 20,000 Hz are called audible sounds.
• Sound with a frequency below 20 hertz and above 20,000 hertz is called the sound of inaudible range.
• The hearing range of human beings is between 20 hertz to 20,000 hertz.
• Humans cannot hear the sound of inaudible range.
• Many animals, such as dogs, cats, etc. can hear the sound with a frequency above 20,000 hertz

How Loudness and Pitch are different from each other?

Audible and Inaudible sounds

• Sounds that can be heard by human ears are called audible sounds. The range of audible sounds is from 20 Hz to 20 KHz.
• Sounds that cannot be heard by human ears are called inaudible sounds. Any sounds having a frequency less than 20 Hz or greater than 20 KHz are categorized as inaudible sounds.

The inaudible sounds can be divided into two categories as infrasound and ultrasound.