Enhanced Hearing

The power to possess a superhuman sense of hearing. Variation of Enhanced Senses. Advanced version of Peak Human Hearing.

Also Called[]

• Acute/Advanced/Augmented/Heightened/Increased/Inhuman/Sensitive Hearing
• Enhanced Auditory System/Audition
• Enhanced Sense of Sound
• Hyperacusia
• Near/Nigh/Semi-Supernatural Hearing
• Sharp Ears

Capabilities[]

Users of this power have their hearing abilities enhanced far beyond the human limit. Users also have the ability to hear different sounds at different frequencies that are miles away from the user.

The user's ears, in addition to having incredible hearing capabilities, have a "natural protection" that protects them against noise overload due to the large amount of sounds they hear daily. They are also capable of interpreting multiple layers of sounds, even in a crowded city miles away from the user.

Applications[]

• Accelerated Hearing: Hear everything at an accelerated rate.
• Aerokinetic Hearing: The ability to affinity for sound, able to increase the vibrations in the air.
• Blindsight/Echolocation: By hearing the changes of sound.
• Heartbeat Detection: By sensing heartbeats without placing ears to a person's chest via sounds, echoes, etc.
• Infra-Sound Hearing: Ability to hear infra-sounds which are below the normal hearing range since infra-sounds are produced by several natural forces the user is able to sense natural disasters (earthquakes, volcanoes, etc.) Several machines produce these voices as well, so a user could hear when they start malfunctioning.
• Invisibility Awareness: By listening to the sounds of the invisible beings.
• Lie Detection: By sensing changes via heartbeat detection, and in strain invoice, etc.
• Parabolic Hearing: The ability to focus hearing to a certain area or filter out everything but the wanted sound. Audio version of Telescopic Vision.
• Penetrative Hearing: The ability to hear through solid objects and virtually anything else. Audio version of Penetrative Vision/X-Ray Vision.
• Sound Detection: Via listening in for specific frequencies that all things vibrate at for advanced tracking capabilities.
• Sound Tracking: Via homing in on the origin of a sound.
• Ultra Hearing: The ability to hear ultrasounds which are above the normal hearing range. These are mostly produced by animals, which gives a notable edge for a hunter.
• Underwater Hearing: The ability to hear underwater with perfect clarity.
• Vacuum Hearing: The ability to hear in a vacuum like in outer space.

Techniques[]

• Attack Prediction
• Danger Detection

Levels[]

• Peak Human Hearing
• Enhanced Hearing
• Supernatural Hearing
• Absolute Hearing

Associations[]

• Enhanced Senses
• Sense Manipulation
• Telekinetic Hearing

Limitations[]

• May be more sensitive to loud sounds.
  • Sensory Overload
• Ability is nullified if the user's ears are clogged.
• Noise can limit the distance of the user's hearing range or ability to detect minor sounds.
• May be more susceptible to sound-based attacks.
• Inaudibility and Silence Manipulation will make this power useless.
• Exact sensitivity and range of hearing vary by individual.
• Too many conversations around the user may make it difficult to find the right one to listen to unless if they have a method to easily distinguish them.

Known Users[]

Anime/Manga/Manhwa[]

Cartoons/Comics[]

Live Television/Movies[]

Video Games[]

Literature[]

• Chris Gordon (Demon Accords)
• Chameleons (Shadow Falls)
  • Kylie Galen: occasionally so sensitive that she can hear things outside of vampire range.
  • Roberto Esparza
  • Mario Esparza
• Vampires (Shadow Falls)
  • Della Tsang
  • Chase Tallman
  • Burnett James
  • Jonathon
• Werewolves (Shadow Falls)
  • Lucas Parker
  • Fredericka
  • Selynn
  • Cary Cannon
• Leona (Star Darlings)
• Dovewing (Warriors)

Miscellaneous[]

• De-Matoran (BIONICLE)
• Toa of Sonics (BIONICLE)
• Turaga of Sonics (BIONICLE)
• The Angst (Channel Awesome)
• The Coraniaid (Welsh Mythology)

Web Animation/Comics/Series/Original[]

• Isen (UnOrdinary)
• John Doe (UnOrdinary); via Aura Manipulation
• SCP-939 - With Many Voices (SCP Foundation)

Known Objects[]

• KikeSoul (Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger)
• Calypso Serum (Marvel Comics)
• Super-Soldier Serum (Marvel Comics)

Gallery[]

Anime/Manga/Manhwa[]

Diva's (Blood+) hearing was such that she could track others by the sound of their heartbeat.

Tsukuyo Inaba (Busou Shoujo Machiavellianism) extraordinary hearing allows her to detect people in far places and analyze body language and movements by sound alone.

The Sound Hashira, Tengen Uzui (Kimetsu no Yaiba) discerns the location of everyone in an entire building with his superhuman sonar-like hearing.

Dosu Kinuta (Naruto) possesses such hearing that he can listen to a pencil's stroke to know what is being written.

Sakazuki/Akainu's (One Piece) hearing is acute enough that he can hear activity underwater.

With her special hearing aid, Suzu Mukai (Horizon In The Middle of Nowhere) can use her incredible sense of hearing to discern sounds within a 30-kilometer radius with little distortion.

Melody (Hunter X Hunter) possesses such acute hearing that she can easily track conversations and footsteps from up to one hundred meters away.

N'Doul (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part III Stardust Crusaders), since blindness.

Zenitsu Agatsuma (Kimetsu no Yaiba) possesses a heightened sense of hearing allowing him to discern layers of overlapping sounds and even hear a person's thoughts and instantly understand their personality from the subtle sounds they produce.

Beerus (Dragon Ball Super)

Gaeun Lee (The Haunted House/Shinbi Apartment) can anyone hearing, felling or happening with Ian's dangerous and others.

Tracey's Marill (Pokémon)

Heckt Okada (Hi-Fi Cluster)

Sirius (My Hero Academia)

Loid Forger/Twilight (Spy x Family)

Cartoons/Comics[]

Cadpig's (101 Dalmatians: The Series) hearing is stronger than that of her brothers and sisters

Sami the Listener (The 99)

Napoleon (The Aristocats) can discover various details about something just by listening to it.

Jake Long (American Dragon: Jake Long)

Vulpimancers (Ben 10)

Spidermonkey (Ben 10)

Ultimate Wildmutt (Ben 10)

Kevin's Flashback Mutation (Ben 10: Omniverse)

Superman (DC Comics)

Superboy (DC Comics)

Power Girl (DC Comics)

Killer Croc (DC Comics

Man-Bat (DC Comics)

Doomsday (DC Comics)

Captain Carrot (DC Comics)

Aquaman (DC Comics)

Animal Man (DC Comics)

Lexi Bunny (Loonatics Unleashed) possesses superhuman hearing.

Steve Rogers/Captain America (Marvel Comics) is able to hear trucks driving by from far away due to the side effect of the Super-Soldier Serum.

Matt Murdock/Daredevil (Marvel Comics) has excellent sense of hearing.

Matt Murdock/Daredevil's (Marvel Cinematic Universe) extremely sharp hearing grants him advanced echolocation.

Tigra (Marvel Comics)

Hyperion (Marvel Comics)

Spider-Man 2099 (Marvel Comics)

Silver Surfer (Marvel Comics)

Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Marvel Comics)

Sentry (Marvel Comics)

Steve Rogers/Captain America (Marvel Comics)

Banshee (Marvel Comics)

Sabretooth (Marvel Comics)

Bruce Banner/Hulk (Marvel Comics)

Black Panther (Marvel Comics)

The Powerpuff Girls (The Powerpuff Girls)

Hay Lin (W.I.T.C.H)

Judy Hopps (Zootopia)

Dolores Madrigal (Encanto) can hear this whole chorus a mile away

Live Television/Movies[]

Laurel Lance/Siren X (Arrowverse)

Supergirl (Arrowverse) has enhanced hearing that makes her sensitive to powerful screams to the point where she bleeds at the sound of Silver Banshee's sonic screaming.

Krillitanes (Doctor Who)

Sylar (Heroes) listening to Peter and Ted from a distance.

Derek Hale (Teen Wolf), like all werewolves, has enhanced hearing, allowing him to hear Allison and Lydia talk from the opposite end of the school.

Spark (Mighty Med) can hear conversations from far away.

Death Angels (A Quiet Place) hearing is so strong that they can hear from very far away, however they are sensitive to high pitch sounds

Video Games[]

Alex Mercer (Prototype series)

The Warden (Minecraft)

Athena Cykes (Ace Attorney)

Toyosatomimi no Miko (Touhou Project) can listen to ten people's conversations at the same time.

Web Animation/Series/Original[]

The Angst (Channel Awesome) was exposed to chemical liquid goo that "took away all his hearing, but also gave him super listening powers as well".

Videos[]

ジョジョ- N'Doul Appears 『 HD』-2

ジョジョ- N'Doul vs. Joestar Group (1) 『 HD』-2

ジョジョ- N'Doul vs. Joestar Group (2) 『 HD』-2

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