Hearing Sounds

Series: Seeing and Hearing Series

Year Published: 1967

Creator: British Broadcasting Corp TV

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: Demonstrates how vibrations moving through the air are detected by the ear and interpreted by the brain. Explains that a change in sound is directly related to the rate of vibration. Shows that most vertebrates hear in the same way that human beings do. States that mammals have a better sense of hearing than birds, reptiles and amphibians. Tells how fish are able to detect vibrations which are too low for a man to hear.


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