Sentences with phrase «pitched sounds»

When the charity International Cat Care asked veterinary neurologists at Davies Veterinary Specialists, UK, for help with several enquiries it had received regarding cats having seizures, seemingly in response to certain high - pitched sounds, the answer was that the problem was not documented and little, if anything, was known about it.

Crouch and raise your voice a few octaves and make encouraging high - pitched sounds.

They use their acute vision and sensitivity to high - pitched sounds to locate their prey.

FARS is a problem of older cats, which typically exhibit myoclonic seizures (brief, shock - like jerks of a muscle or a group of muscles) in response to certain high - pitched sounds.

They may bark or howl when they hear other dogs bark or howl or when they hear certain high - pitched sounds such as sirens.

Most electronic pest repellents produce high - pitched sounds — called ultrasounds — that purportedly drive away rodents, insects, spiders and other arthropods.

As with most other ultrasonic sounds your dog hears every day, your dog is likely to ignore the high - pitched sounds unless they are associated with something noteworthy.

They usually retain the ability to hear high - pitched sounds for much longer.

Also, this is the only dental toy from the list that squeaks, so if your dog can't be bothered with toys that don't torture you with high pitched sounds, this is the one to go with, Sorry human, you know you want to pamper your baby.

Some dogs also howl in response to high - pitched sounds, such as emergency vehicle sirens or musical instruments.

If your kids lie on the floor and make high - pitched sounds with their voices, they are likely to kick their dog into prey drive and what do dogs do in prey drive?

While the anti-barking device sends high pitched sounds that only dogs can hear hence deterring them from barking, a face wrap applies gentle pressure on the dog hence calming them.

High pitched sounds also goad dogs to howl.

In addition, many dogs instinctively equate the high - pitched sounds of children with the distress sounds of prey animals, and they react by biting the child as they would have bitten the prey animal in the wild.

Cats can hear much higher pitched sounds than humans and can even hear sounds up to one octave higher than dogs can detect.

This is the reason why any high - pitched sounds can easily make them uncomfortable.

Many modern dogs will howl in response to high - pitched sounds, but did you know that this behavior dates back to the days of the wolf pack and was used as a means of long - distance communication?

Sometimes dogs will howl when they hear sirens or other loud higher pitched sounds like clarinets and flutes (or the ambulance or theme song that sets them off).

If we get any footage of MBJ and SKB (I'm making this acronym happen) clowning around on set, I apologize in advance to anyone around me for the embarrassing, high - pitched sounds that will leave my mouth.

Who's going to believe a severely dysfunctional family when the seizures, high - pitched sounds and bird attacks start?

The spiders were really sensitive to low - pitched sounds.

Could high - pitched sounds be the reason behind neurological symptoms suffered by U.S. Embassy personnel in Havana?

Many speculated that the high - pitched sounds were some high - frequency sonic weapon.

High - pitched sounds mean the opposite, a request to be allowed to come closer or a signal from a large dog saying, «It's safe to approach.»

Low - pitched sounds (growls) make the animal seem large and dangerous; they usually indicate anger and the possibility of aggression.

Since, however, what applies to other ranges, also applies to high - pitched sounds — namely that a very loud sound may damage the hearing — here too, there is a need for further research.

Nearly all humans tend to link high - pitched sounds with lighter, brighter hues and bass - filled sounds with dark shades.

Thus, shorter calls — whether human or dog — were regarded as more emotionally positive than longer calls; and higher pitched samples were rated as more emotionally intense than lower pitched sounds for both species, the team reports online today in Biology Letters.

One of the sources, chosen at random, emitted high - pitched and the other low - pitched sounds.

Supposing... that the fundamental relations of pitched sounds in the science of harmony and of musical composition were susceptible of such expression and adaptations, the engine might compose elaborate and scientific pieces of music.

Make high pitched sounds, like you're warming up your voice to sing.

Babies are able to distinguish high - pitched sounds more easily.

White noise is a combination of high - pitched and low - pitched sounds like that of a vacuum, hair dryer, TV static, waves and rain.

Babies prefer high pitched sounds, so use these when communicating, but avoid loud noises that could hurt your baby's ears.

With the PXC 550 and most others, traces of voices, laughter, and other higher - pitched sounds will still break through.

In late December, he said, he had been struck by a strange, disturbing phenomenon — a powerful beam of high - pitched sound that seemed to be pointed right at him.

Consistent sound containing equal amounts of high and low pitch sound frequencies.

What sounds like an ominous opening to a horror film to most adults, babies apparently find low - pitch sounds very soothing.

Now if you have been blogging long enough you start to get suspicious even when the pitch sounds good.

Independent presidential hopeful Buddy Roemer «s pitch sounds very (to borrow a phrase from CapCon's Jimmy Vielkind) Cuomonian:

A group of test subjects sat at a computer and carried out two tasks: They had to press a key on the keyboard if they heard a low - pitched sound and a different key if they heard a high one.

Sonoluminescence, the puzzling glow emitted by a bubble in a field of high - pitched sound waves, may be caused by a tiny jet of liquid that shoots across the interior of the bubble at supersonic speed and slams into the opposite side, a Johns Hopkins researcher has proposed.

A high or low - pitched sound was randomly played in the background during each test.

«We heard prominent high - pitch sounds that sounded perhaps like a cricket or a tree frog,» Mello says.

Chimps and humans were better at identifying white squares when they heard a high - pitched sound, and dark squares when played a low - pitched sound.

He had been admitted to the hospital because of increasing < a style =""class ="external - link"href ="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stridor"> stridor , a high - pitched sound made during inhalation.

To help you compare the sounds, rate the lowest pitch sound as a 1, and the highest pitch sound as a 4.

The shorter rubber band vibrates more quickly, and our ears pick up these faster frequencies as a higher - pitch sound.

The lyretail's feathers give a higher - pitched sound than the feathers of the other subspecies.

A higher pitched sound in the 800 to 1,200 Hz or 500 to 2,500 Hz range is known to occur in dune sand and beach sand; most commonly in dry sand but occasionally in wet sand conditions.