Development of hearing in cat

When kitten is born, its ears is still closed as same as its eyes. The ears will be opened about 8th-14th day. Kitten can follow the sound by 7th day and start using this to exploring its world by 13th-16th day. Kitten can remember its sibling and owner sound by 3rd -4th week.


Cat is able to percept sound in wider frequency range than human. It percepts frequency from 20 Hz-100kHz. The ultrasonic frequency is the same range as bat ear ability. Cat has large ears to localize prey in the dark. It can detect object separates only 5 degree at 75% accuracy.