Posted on August 29, 2023
The obvious answer is no, because some waves are at frequencies our ears cannot detect (about 30 Hz on the low end and 18 kHz on the high end, although most of us have a hard time hearing beyond 12 kHz). But this is only a very anthropocentric view. Many other species can hear way beyond the human range, the most well known being elephants on the low end and bats on the high end, and we don’t really know the full extent of the animal kingdom’s ability to hear the full range of sound frequencies. Full article here