Elephants have brilliant hearing compared to humans, with an average hearing range of 16 – 12,000 Hz. Elephants frequently use infrasonic sounds, which are sounds emitted below the human hearing range and are capable of recognizing calls and voices of particular individuals from 1 to 1.5 km.
In addition to having great hearing range, an elephant’s ears help them keep cool. In the hot climates where they live, the large surface area and thinness of the ears help regulate the mammal’s body temperature, keeping it cooler for longer.