Translations:Sonification in practice/93/en

Sound is detected by our brain when a variable pressure stimulates our timpani. This is a small membrane that when moved by air pressure (or water if you find yourself under water) generates electrical stimuli that the brain processes as “sound”. If this variable pressure is oscillating regularly at a certain frequency (a certain number of times per second) we hear a tone. That is why tones (or notes) are measured in Hertz (Hz), or cycles per second.