Safe listening
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Safe listening is a framework for health promotion actions to ensure that sound-related recreational activities do not pose a risk to hearing.
Man listening through headphones
Elementary school boy with headphones
Hearing
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Hearing, or auditory perception, is the ability to perceive sounds through an organ, such as an ear, by detecting vibrations as periodic changes in the pressure of a surrounding medium. The academic field concerned with hearing is auditory science.
A cat can hear high-frequency sounds up to two octaves higher than a human.