How is it possible that your brain can turn a sound wave (say 3000mhz) and it can sound like a voice, car, or an alarm?

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I just can’t wrap my head around it. Is it just crazy brain things, a difference in number of waves, or some other thing? How is it possible that a speaker can replicate all sounds?

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Im not sure this is what you are looking for, but basically, your brain makes it up. At some point in evolution, there was an advantage gained if your brain created a different sensation to differentiate two different vibrations in air. I dont think scientists know how your brain does this, but we do know how the data gets to the brain: there are structures in your ear (a hammer and a drum if your are five 🙂 that cause different electrical impulses to travel in a nerve when different vibrations are experienced.

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