Hospital corpsmen were previously trained at Naval Hospital Corps School, Great Lakes, Illinois until the 2011 Base Realignment and Closure Bill caused Hospital Corps School to be relocated to the Medical Education and Training Campus (METC) at Joint Base San Antonio, Texas.
characteristic of highness or lowness of a sound is called The frequency of a sound wave determines the pitch of the sound you hear. Remember that frequency is the number of waves passing a fixed point in a given period of time. A high-frequency wave with short wave-lengths, such as that produced by a tiny flute, makes a high-pitched sound.
Our perception of sound is directly related to the physical properties of sound waves (see Figure 3.7). One of the ï¬ rst things that we notice about a sound is how loud it is. Loudness is determined by the intensity, or amplitude, of a sound wave and is measured in units called decibels. Zero decibels represents the loudness of the softest sound that humans can hear, or the absolute threshold for hearing. As decibels increase, per-ceived loudness increases. Pitch refers to the relative âhighnessâ or âlownessâ of a sound. Pitch is determined by the frequency of a sound wave. Frequency refers to the rate of vibration, or number of waves per second, and is measured in units called hertz. Hertz simply refers to the num- ber of wave peaks per second.