Horn (acoustic) - Applications

Applications

Acoustic horns are used in:

  • horn-loaded loudspeakers
  • musical horns
  • vehicle horns such as those used on cars, trucks, trains, boats, and bicycles
  • megaphones, often used by lifeguards at public swimming pools.
  • ear horns, used by people who are hard of hearing (the human ear is itself constructed in the form of a horn)
  • pickup horns, used for acoustic pickup (e.g. on acoustic phonograph players)

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