What properties of sound waves might determine how loud a sound is?

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Cosmic Defect
Dec 20, 2014

Human ears can hear only sound waves in the frequency range of 20 Hz to 20000 Hz. As long as the sound is within this frequency range, the loudness of sound waves is determined purely by the amplitude of the wave.

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