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title: How Well Do Dogs Hear?
description: "A dog’s sense of hearing is up to 10 times more efficient than the average human’s. 
 Dogs can also hear a much greater frequency range than humans"
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# [How Well Do Dogs Hear?](https://www.geminidogs.com/blog/bid/141937/How-Well-Do-Dogs-Hear)

 Written by [Michelle Allen](https://www.geminidogs.com/blog/author/michelle-allen) | Fri, Jan 25, 2013 @ 12:32 AM

****A dog’s sense of hearing is up to 10 times more efficient than the average human’s.

Dogs can also hear a much greater frequency range than humans can detect.

Why? Eighteen or more muscles can tilt, rotate, and raise or lower a dog’s ear.

Dogs have specialized ear shapes that allow them to ascertain where a sound comes from much faster than a human can, and to hear sounds that come from up to four times the distance that humans are able to hear. 

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