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A wave is a disturbance of energy. Sound and light are both disturbances in energy, and they both travel in the forms of waves. While sound travels in a longitudinal wave, light travels through a transverse wave. From a perspective of a human, sound and light on earth is very different compared to sound and light in space. These waves have differences in speed, form, shape, and other properties. Despite many of the differences, sound and light are very similar to each other. Light is a…

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OUTLINE HOW DAMAGE CAN OCCUR TO HUMAN HEARING Damage to human hearing can be affected in many ways, such as noise, medication, disease and injury. Noise: Noise is the most known of damage to human hearing, and is known as Noise Induced Hearing Lose. This occurs when a sound is to loud and becomes harmful to the human ear. How can noise damage our hearing? To understand how NIHL happens, we need to understand how it is that we hear. First, sound waves enter our outer ear then travel through…

short while, indicative of reduced information processing, translating to a reduced cognitive carrying capacity (Mehta et. al., 787). In the aforementioned experiment, researchers defined low, moderate, and high levels of noise to be 50, 70, and 85 decibels respectively, and used ambient noise stimuli such as recordings of cafeterias, construction noise, and traffic. The…

Most people do not realize how serious marriage is. The Japanese Walzter and The Tower by Anthony Labriola describes why these marriages can lean on to divorcement. In both of the stories the couples thought their marriage would be peaceful and freedom but it turned into hate. Both marriages were like a war for them. Both of the stories by Anthony Labriola mentions the major reasons why some marriages don't work out from different reasons. Marriages that lead on to separation usually occur…

Question-How does trafficking in Latin America and Africa differ from other regions? Response- in Latin America and Africa the biggest difference has to deal with economically. In these regions they have large youthful populations and high birth rates. The economies in these areas don’t have an expanding work force. Most of the populations in these areas were unemployed permanently. Also in these areas there is no prospect for education or even prosper of quality of life. The large reason why…

belting out off-key songs with made up lyrics, even in the middle of the grocery store. So why should I be afraid to say what I really think, or try to be anybody other than myself? I'm learning from Kayla. I don't care that my inside voice is a few decibels louder than others or that I wear my tie dyed cat shirt a little more than is socially acceptable. I've learned to love myself despite my quirks and my flaws, so there's no reason others won't as…

want to meet is all up to that individual to decide. She is giving no hope to singles and the dating world. I am a firm believer that who you are is what you attract. “I do not desire any man who proudly and continuously examines just how many decibels his next belch can create… so he drank sixteen cases of Ballantine…

Chapter 2 INTRODUCTION TO NOISE 2.1 SOUND: Sound is a form of energy that produces a sensation of hearing in our ears. Sound is produced by vibrating objects. The matter or substance through which sound is transmitted is called a medium. It can be solid, liquid or gas. Sound moves through the medium form the point of generation to the listener. When an object vibrates, it sets the molecules of medium around it vibrating. The…

their bags. Make presentations: instead of having to carry around external hard drives and USB sticks, store the material in your mobile phone and connect it directly to the projector. Control noise in the classroom: your mobile phone can serve as a decibel meter and tell you when the noise level gets too high. Reward the students by keeping the noise at an agreed level. Recommended application: Too noisy. Updates: Remind is an app designed to send notifications to parents and/or students…