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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Answer 1

Just to clarify.

3000 MHz is 3 000 000 000 Hz. I don’t even think sound like that can exist. At least not in air.

Human hearing ranges from 20 to 20 000 Hz.

And to answer the question, sound is never really only at 1 specific frequency but is a variable and complicated wave.

Our brain is really good at taking complicated patterns and making them identifiable.