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Can I hear the voice in water?
Sound that’s generated underwater stays underwater; very little sound passes from water to air. When your head is out of the water and you listen to a sound made underwater, you don’t hear much. But when you’re under water, the sound travels so fast that it reaches both ears at almost the same time.
Why is sound produced in air not heard by a person deep inside the water?
Thus most of the sound produced in air and incident at an angle i ≥ 14° gets reflected back in air and very small amount is refracted into water. Hence a person inside water cannot hear the sound produced in air.
Why can swimmers hear better underwater than on the ground?
Underwater those sound waves don’t vibrate the ossicles bones in your inner ear. They go straight to the skull bones, vibrating that heavy bone you can touch just behind your ear. Because of that, you can hear higher frequencies underwater.
Why do we hear better in water than on land?
Sound travels faster in water compared with air because water particles are packed in more densely. Thus, the energy the sound waves carry is transported faster. This should make the sound appear louder.
Can we listen in water?
Yes, we can hear better in water because the sound waves are better carried into the water. But if you want to hear a sound outside the water and your ears are submerged onto the water then you won’t hear it loudly.
Does pitch change underwater?
For humans definitely no, wave length changes in water so without hydrophones a 1 KHz signal will be heared as higher pitched. Also it is directly related with depth and pressure.
What is the main reason why you can hear noises a long distance away over water at night?
As night time falls, you can still see those across the lake but now you can hear them as if they are standing right next to you. This phenomena is due to the refraction of sound waves and temperature plays a key role. Sound wave speed is dependent on air temperature.
Does sound amplified over water?
Sound seems to be amplified when it travels over water. The reason is that the water cools the air above its surface, which then slows down the sound waves near the surface. This causes refraction or bending of the sound wave, such that more sound reaches the boat for the person to hear it.
Why we Cannot talk in water?
While water is denser than air, its stiffness is enough greater than air to compensate for the high density and make the speed of sound greater in water. The answer is that sound couples poorly from air to water. When you talk, you do so by emitting air and then sending compression waves through this air.
Does water absorb or reflect sound?
As sound travels through a medium such as water, it gets absorbed – caught by the molecules within the medium. They do this by stealing some of the energy from the sound wave. The absorption in sea water is much greater than would be expected due to the viscosity of pure water.
Can you hear sounds under water?
You can hear sounds quite well under water, providing you hear well up in the air. You might not hear most sounds made in the air while under water, if they are not loud enough to cross the air-water boundary.
Why can’t you talk to someone under water?
The reason you can’t talk to someone under water is because your vocal system isn’t designed to make sounds in water. Your vocal cords have to vibrate really quickly in order to move air fast enough to Actually, sound waves travel more quickly in water. The speed of sound is related to the density of the medium they travel through.
Can you hear underwater in a submarine?
You most certainly can, as sound travels very well in water. Submarines can hear very accurately underwater, even to the extent of pinpointing another vessel or submarine by the sounds of its machinery or propeller signature.
Can we hear better through our ears in water?
But if you want to hear a sound outside the water and your ears are submerged onto the water then you won’t hear it loudly. But if the sound source and your ears both are in the water then you can hear it clearly and loudly because both of them are in the summer medium. Originally Answered: Can we hear better in water? Yes.