My friend says that he was playing his music really loud and he could see sound waves bouncing everywhere. he says his room is "self contained." but he also says it was vibrating him and his eyes too. is it possible to see sound waves??
2006-07-20 06:41:13 · 13 answers · asked by hannah! 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
You cannot see sound waves because they are only compressed air. But you can see the effects of strong sound waves and that is probably what your friend is "seeing" and, more likely, feeling.
No room is totally self contained and he might feel and see the effects it has on his neighbors eventually. Not to mention the long term harm to his hearing. Tell him to try nailing his hands to the wall if he is that much into intense experiences. The second hand is the real tricky part.
2006-07-20 06:48:21 · answer #1 · answered by Alan Turing 5 · 18⤊ 3⤋
Yes, remember sound waves are actually pressure waves in the air. Any dust or fine particles in the air are affected. The lowest range of a really good sound system is very near the upper range of the fastest vibrations the eye can see. If your friend is a teenager, then it's quite possible that he can "see" the lowest frequencies of the audio range.
Audio typical 20hz to 20,000hz
Visual typical 0hz to 10hz
If your friend can see 15hz vibrations, then he might see some super low bass notes.
2006-07-20 13:48:16 · answer #2 · answered by Doctor Hand 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Frequencies that are low enough to be seen are too low to be actual sound.
However, two or more notes played at once do create a 'frequency... or manaural beat' that is a wave in the volume that is the difference of the freq's.
Then, if you want to get meta-physical, as with color clairvoyance, the brain can translate an wave or electromagnetic experience into an image, super-imposed on the minds eye.
Either way, real or not, he's hyper sensitive and needs to hang out by the ocean.
2006-07-20 13:49:52 · answer #3 · answered by "Time" - the sage 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so. I believe that your friend is pulling your leg or maybe there's something wrong with him. I hope he's not eating funny mushrooms which may cause him to see sound waves where others could not. Sometimes "self contained " is a term that they use for special education classrooms in schools. Is this what he's talking about?
2006-07-20 13:47:26 · answer #4 · answered by terison 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, you cannot see sound waves. He may have FELT them, because as I'm sure you have experienced with very loud music, you can feel the pressure and vibration of sound, but you can't ever see it.
2006-07-20 13:44:17 · answer #5 · answered by MOM KNOWS EVERYTHING 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not sound waves but the vibration yes
2006-07-20 13:45:49 · answer #6 · answered by boredgirl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes there is a rare genetic condition, called SYNESTESIA, patients can see sounds as light, hear certain tastes, etc... but the VAST VAST majority of humans cannot process waves other than the visible light spectrum, (about 400 nanometers to 800 nanometers)... has nothing to do with self containment or whether he was actually shook by the soundwaves... he couldnt see the waves.
Anyone who thinks this is rediculous, I would have thought so myself until I saw it on Medical Incredible on Discovery Health Channel.!
2006-07-20 13:45:13 · answer #7 · answered by Peter Griffin 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its lies unless ur on lcd lcd screen vibrates like a stone put in water ,he must have lied abt seeing sound waves in the room coz when our eyes hardly sees a car moving with a speed of 500kmph how can it see sound which moves at a speed of 330 meters per second
yeah thats per second
2006-07-20 13:56:19 · answer #8 · answered by shags 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is possible to feel them but not see them. The whole eyes moving is the vibrations of the body.
2006-07-20 13:46:04 · answer #9 · answered by M J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You cann't see sound waves but feel them in form of vibrations.
2006-07-20 13:50:49 · answer #10 · answered by aala 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋