Hearing, or audition, is one of the traditional five senses and refers to the ability to detect sound.

In human beings, hearing is performed by the ears, which also perform the function of balance, a sense in itself but not one of the traditional list (due to Aristotle). This is in common with most mammals. Many other organisms also have some form of hearing, either by some sort of ear, or by other structures, or by a combination.

A common rule of thumb used to describe human hearing is that human hearing is sensitive in the range of frequency of 20 Hz to 20 kHz, though this varies significantly with age, occupational hearing damage, and gender; some individuals are able to hear up to 22 kHz and perhaps beyond, while others are limited to about 16 kHz. Frequencies capable of being heard by humans are called audio or referred to as sonic. Frequencies higher than audio are referred to as ultrasonic, while frequencies below audio are referred to as infrasonic.

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@aanniiix3 and hearing german the whole day... about things like german law and stuff like that
Ichimaru__Gin (Ichimaru Gin) Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:50:36 -0000
@aanniiix3 and hearing german the whole day... about things like german law and stuff like that
@PrttyBella i'm hearing it now and he has a hova featuring =]
Sn3ak3r_Fr3ak3r (Ismael Rosado) Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:50:14 -0000
@PrttyBella i'm hearing it now and he has a hova featuring =]
@JoeySantiago Thanks. I guess I will me hearing music new to me on Sat'day. I can't believe any of you are functional after the NY schedule.
bleahy4 (Bridget Leahy) Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:49:52 -0000
@JoeySantiago Thanks. I guess I will me hearing music new to me on Sat'day. I can't believe any of you are functional after the NY schedule.
Yeaah, I finished my homework! and now, going to take a shower and perform some songs. My mum is tired of always hearing me sing :S
nataliamcfly (Natalia Morales) Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:49:45 -0000
Yeaah, I finished my homework! and now, going to take a shower and perform some songs. My mum is tired of always hearing me sing :S
Omg, im thankful for seeing, tasteing, smelling, and hearing, and being smart!!
natt_dynamite (Nattalie Dynamite) Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:49:20 -0000
Omg, im thankful for seeing, tasteing, smelling, and hearing, and being smart!!
Going to brown people parties and hearing the same discussions about pakistan, afghanistan, etc gets old
Hasmas (Hasan Masood) Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:49:15 -0000
Going to brown people parties and hearing the same discussions about pakistan, afghanistan, etc gets old

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