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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