Why are we able to hear sounds?

Answer 1

We can only perceive sound and sounds to what we are tuned in to listen for. Some people cannot hear screams of suffering only those that hear with their hearts can hear. Others hear yet they turn away. Some cannot hear the joy of laughter and others shy away for fear of being weak. Oppression can deafen people and cause them to lose their senses. Listen with your heart and not so much with your ears.

Answer 2

i don't know if this is what you were after, but we hear sounds rather than see or smell them because that is they way our brains are organised. some creatures, like dolphins and bats, probably see sound, that is they can build up a picture of the world around them using sound. there is a condition called synesthesia where sound can produce images or smells and different shapes are different colours. if you look here this will explain it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia . it is a deeply philosophical question because people underestimate how much of reality is based upon our minds interpretation of the world.

Answer 3

We hear sound as minute vibrations in the inner ear and the brain interprets these for us.

Answer 4

can you imagine not being able to point to the person with the bad gas problem and just looking around......that would be terrible!

Answer 5

because of our hearing capacity of our ears.

Answer 6

Ears. There is nothing philosophical about that.