Intro to Sound

Sound

Sound is a disturbance in a medium that is perceptible to the human ear.

Auditory experience

It is the act of hearing that creates an auditory experience.

Inertia

The tendency for a mass at rest to remain at rest and a mass in motion to remain in motion.

Vibration

Involves a balance of elasticity and inertia, where molecules in vibration continue moving until the system loses energy.

Elasticity

The property that brings an object back to its starting position after being displaced.

Speech production

The process of producing sound waves, often originating from the larynx.

Energy

Sound is a form of energy, not a physical substance, with no mass or weight.

Pressure wave

Sound waves are pressure waves, disturbances in a medium that can be perceived by the auditory system.

Auditory system

The system that processes sound signals from the environment and transmits them to the brain for perception.