Certainly people can withstand higher volumes than many animals. Younger people can hear a wider range of sounds than older people. But listening to very loud music can damage a young persons hearing and reduce the range of sound to less than an old person. Range of pitch Just as light is a spectrum of wavelengths, so is sound. The human ears have a limited range of wavelengths or pitches they can detect, while other animals and insects can often sense sounds beyond our range.
Some animals can hear sounds beyond the range of the human ear.
Dogs can hear high pitched sounds that humans cannot detect. Likewise, bats use very high pitched chirps to detect prey, which are beyond the human range of hearing. On the other hand, elephants communicate with extreme low pitched sounds. Scientists in Africa noticed elephants would suddenly perk their ears and go off running in a direction. They heard a very low pitched sound given off by other elephants that humans could not detect.