The physics tutorial illustrates and explains the distinction between transverse and longitudinal waves. Related links provided.

A reference page including content and animations on longitudinal waves. Understand how sound waves are produced from vibrations in guitar strings to produce longitudinal waves.

This resource explores how vibrating objects produce sound waves. The site contains information and an animation.

This site from Architectural Acoustics and Lighting provides a discussion of various factors affecting the acoustics of a given room. Room dimensions, the wavelength of the sound wave, the physical characteristics of the walls, the...

Find out how your ears work and try an experiment involving your hearing.

An informative site that deals with the parts of the ear and their functions. Text is complemented with pictures.