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Muscle Sounds

Contracting muscle generates distinct sounds that are not heard only because the human ear is insensitive to low frequencies. Such sounds are now studied for their possible usefulness in science and medicine

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 250 Issue 3This article was originally published with the title “Muscle Sounds” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 250 No. 3 (), p. 108
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0384-108