IMPORTANCE OF SOUND HUMAN LIFE

1. For communication: Sound is the only main form of

communication for animals while it is the key for humans
communicate with spoken languages besides body languages.

Animals communicate in their own language of sounds by moan,

cry, weep etc.

Without sound, voice would have been difficult to be emitted

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For humans, this voice communication expands to telephonic

(distant communication) means by using mobiles and phones.

The communication is understood by ears through hearing,

auditory words, expressive tone etc. One can express feeling just
by sound variation even.

2. Signalling system: Sound is the signalling system used for

trains, automobiles, river flows (Dam water release), industry
sirens.

Sound as a signalling system is used as horns, sirens, calling bells,

beeps etc. Sound signal system is one of the least expensive
ones. Further it is less harmful to the environment around. But
excess and frequent use can cause sound pollution.

Further alarm system uses sound. Hence a mobile ringing, alarms,

message alerts use sound as alerting means.

3. Echo system: Echo is a reflection of sound arriving back to the

point of emission. We can notice echo when we make a notice in
an empty building or well or even boot sounds of army march.
Echo is a type of sound resonance. It is very much useful in music.

4. For music: Music is the art which relies solely on sound. Without
sound there is no music from music systems. Music
communicates message, soothes the mind and also helps relieve
stress.

Music is a sound in a controlled and fine tuned manner. Music

relies a lot on frequency and pitch of the voice.

For instruments the factors like the frequency, intensity and also
the resonance of the sound matter. Hence you can notice for
instruments like violin, guitar there is a big hallow at the end. This
hallow creates resonance of sound making the music further
distinct to the instrument.

This is music is now a day recorded for future use by sound

reproduction systems.

5. For finding the depth/ distant objects: This you might have
come across in physics study. Sound waves are one of the few
means available to measure the depth of the seas and also the
deep holes in the earth. Also other objects at a long distance can
be found by SONAR waves i.e SOUND NAVIGATION AND RANGING.
The sound is allowed to travel through the sea or ocean bed and
return back. This time taken by particular frequency of sound to
reach the sea bed and return back to the source or absorber
(receiver of sound) is used to calculate the depth of the sea.

Similarly a moving object can send sound waves in the direction

of its motion and know if any there are any objects moving in at
long distances.

6. For degassing of liquids: Liquids like water and solvents used in

analysis have air and other gases entrapped inside them. This air
has to be removed for proper flow through minute pores in the
matter. This is particularly required for chromatography
experiments. The procedure to remove gas from the solvent is
called degassing of solvents. This is essential for proper analysis
of compounds using HPLC (high performance liquid
chromatography) or else it can slow down the pressure in the
column and hinder analysis.

7. For de-granulation of solid particles: Large solid particle in a

suspension or tissues fraction can be broken down by grinding.
But very small particles like less than 1mm or so cannot be
broken down further using grinders. Then they can be broken
down by use of ultrasonic sound waves. These waves are thought
to create vigorous crests and troughs in the liquid media. These

crests and troughs bring about splitting of particles to smaller

ones.

8. Telephone communication: Telephone is one of the best

discoveries ever made by man. The telephone machine receives
sound waves from the person at mouth piece. The sound waves
cause vibration in carbon particles in it. Thus the electric signal is
generated based on the pitch and frequency of voice and is
communicated. Here the sound from the voice exerts pressure on
the diaphragm in the mouth piece.

This is the procedure followed to break suspension to nano

particle size for better use. The apparatus used for this purpose
is called sonicator.

9. In sterilization: Ultra sound is also tried in sterilization. This is

done to inhibit growth of microbes and even kill them.

Sonication disrupts the cell wall of bacteria and kill them. But they
are not highly lethal but are used in combination with
disinfectants for synergistic effect.

10. To enhance cell growth: Sonication is also found to be

effective in tissue culture. Some findings suggest that use of
sonication selectively enhances the growth of cells & tissues. Also
it is found to facilitate gene transfer during tissue culture & in
biotechnology. refer.

Importance of sounds
Although there are many reasons sound is
important; a couple reasons are that it
allows humans and animals to hear and
communicate, and it is a primary
component in the functioning of sonar
equipment. Sound occurs in a variety of
waves, which have different
characteristics and produce different
types of noises.