[Anaesthesia]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Not necessarily, though, because there's nothing else you could describe it as. The vibrations that would be created are "sound waves", there's nothing else to call them. Sound waves are sound waves, in the same way that radio waves are radio waves, micro waves are micro waves, etc.

We can't perceive most of the wavelength spectrum at all (without electronic help) but each wave still is what it is. I don't see why that wouldn't apply to sound.

Because sound is a construct particular to our perception. If a tree falls in the woods and there is no human there, an insect wouldn't perceive it as sound because it has no idea of sound. It would perceive the physicality of the wave tho.