Did you hear the ocean, or is it bull?
2007-06-13 23:04:43 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
The common explanation for the "sound of the sea" effect is that the shell amplifies the sound of your blood coursing through your head. Not so, says Verovnik Ivo and Mathelitsch Leopold, in a scientific paper delivered in Udine, Italy. The seashell merely acts as a resonator, amplifying certain frequencies of the noise one finds in any environment.
The New York Times Science Q and A column concurs. When outside noises excite the air inside the shell (which resonates at a characteristic frequency, i.e., "sea-sounding"), those swooshy sounds are created. And there are always outside noises, otherwise known as ambient noises. Close your eyes right now and listen. Hear them?
The fine folks at HowStuffWorks go on to mention that the spiral tips of conch shells were used as early hearing aids. Using the same resonator principle, you can increase your hearing by five to ten decibels by placing your hand behind your ear
2007-06-13 23:10:22 · answer #1 · answered by Michael N 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes you will hear the ocean.
The ones I've heard the ocean in are the huge welks.
Now that I think about it, it was probably made in Japan.
After I read everyone elses comments, I can honestly say there is no breeze in my house. It truly was the ocean.
2007-06-13 23:07:45 · answer #2 · answered by sophieb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-17 05:35:32 · answer #3 · answered by riobe 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You hear want appears to be the sound of the ocean.
2007-06-13 23:08:23 · answer #4 · answered by Ashleigh 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds like the ocean but its just air going out of the shell
2007-06-13 23:07:13 · answer #5 · answered by jennyforrich 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. I heard the ocean.
2007-06-13 23:06:49 · answer #6 · answered by Meeya 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I heard the ocean in every conch shell, alright, from coastline
of CA to OR, but the last time, I listened too long, and with no
bathroom in sight, I p'd freely.
LOL
2007-06-14 01:51:13 · answer #7 · answered by LuckyLilTroll2U 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes.
yes.I've heard the ocean calling.
it's a lovely sound to hear.
2007-06-13 23:07:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, but what you hear is the not the ocean, but the echo of the blood flow in your ear.
2007-06-13 23:08:13 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is true. Big the shell the better
.. just watch it in case a crab comes out and nips at your ear while listening
2007-06-13 23:07:19 · answer #10 · answered by • Koala • uʍop ɹǝpun 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋