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If a watch beeps in a crowded ballroom
If I were on one side of a crowded ballroom, and my nerdy friend wearing a digital watch were on the other, and his watch beeped, would it actually make a sound?
What I mean is, obviously if the room were empty I'd be able to hear his watch beep clear as could be. However, with all the extra noise in the crowded room, it would be impossible to hear. But what I had some sort of hearing disorder so that I could only hear sound in the exact frequency of the watch beep? Would I then hear the beep, or would the sound be destroyed by interference from all the other sound in the crowded room? Would the air be too turbulent to carry his sound to my unfortunately infirmed ear?
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