History Main / SuperHearing

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'': Since the three heroines are expies of Superman when it comes to their powers, naturally they have super hearing as well.

* In ''LightNovel/VampireHunterD'', the titular character, a {{dhampyr}}, has senses which are well beyond even the superhuman senses of [[VampireMonarch Vampire Nobles]]. D spent most of the time in the novel ''Dark Road'' blind, and was able to accumulate his senses to fight off and kill some of the most powerful vampires without the use of his eyes.

** Fleet Admiral Sakazuki has extremely acute hearing, being able to hear activity underwater before the Whitebeard War began.
** In the Skypiea arc, both Eneru and Aisa have enhanced "Mantra" (later called Haki in the series) which allows them to hear voices from very far away.

* In ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'', Zenitsu Agatsuma has a heightened sense of hearing, allowing him to detect danger from even the faintest of sounds. He can also [[UpToEleven hear the inner thoughts of people]] if he uses his sense of hearing to its fullest ability.

** In ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Peter Parker]] says that all of his senses are turned UpToEleven (with those exact words), including hearing, but it's more of an InformedAbility.

* ''Series/ForeverKnight''. VampireDetective Nick Knight finds this useful for eavesdropping on suspects, but in the pilot he's hiding in the trunk of his car when his partner Schanke decides to borrow it, turning on the radio to play loud music.

The ability to hear anything audible that normal humans cannot. Pretty common to have for a character with SuperSenses. It's quite useful for [[ExactEavesDropping eavesdropping]], although hopefully [[OutOfContextEavesdropping in context]].

-->--'''Sal Macelli''', ''Film/InnocentBlood''

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** ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'': Both Killer Croc and Man-Bat possess enhanced hearing. Man-Bat in particular can navigate through the air by way of echolocation, similar in function to a bat's radar.

** ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' has incredible hearing at extreme variances of sound and pitch frequency, allowing him to pick up noises from across the globe. He has shown enough control to block out ambient sounds to focus on a specific source/frequency. DependingOnTheWriter, he has superhearing that allows him to [[ComicBook/KingdomCome hear clouds scraping together or a cell splitting]], or hear across a vacuum.
** In general, all Kryptonians under a yellow sun will develop this ability, including ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}, ComicBook/PowerGirl, ComicBook/SuperboyPrime, Chris Kent/Nightwing and General Zod. This also applies to Half-Kryptonian hybrids like ComicBook/{{Superboy}} and ComicBook/JonathanSamuelKent.

** ''Franchise/TheFlash'': Reformed costumed criminal Hartley Rathaway/Pied Piper was born deaf. After he was treated and had his hearing medically restored, he developed a vast knowledge of sonics and further augmented his hearing.
** ''Franchise/WonderWoman'' has exceptional hearing due to a blessing granted to her by Artemis, Goddess of the Hunt, which has also enhanced all of her other senses.

** ''Comicbook/TheSentry'' has this due to being somewhat of an AlternateCompanyEquivalent of Franchise/{{Superman}}. He is able to hear almost any sound at any decibel, pitch, and frequency. The only Earth creature who can detect sounds at the frequencies he can is a blue whale (0.01-200,000 Hz). He has shown enough control to block out ambient sounds to focus on a specific source/frequency, such as hearing a butterfly's heartbeat in Africa.

** ''Franchise/XMen'': Banshee possesses a form of sonar through [[MakeMeWannaShout Acoustikinesis]], allowing him to send out a precise, pure note and listen to the returning, altered wave-front of the note, thus enabling him to evaluate his surroundings in total darkness with varying degrees of resolution. Additionally, his hearing is [[RequiredSecondaryPowers unaffected by his hypersonic abilities or any other sound/sonic-based abilities]]. Another mutant, a student at the Xavier Institute named Raymond Keyes/Audio, possessed wide-frequency hearing. However, he lost this power after being depowered.

** In ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', [[Franchise/SpiderMan Peter Parker]] says that all of his senses are turned UpToEleven (with those exact words), including hearing, but it's more of an InformedAbility.

** Timber Wolf of the ''ComicBook/{{Legion Of Super-Heroes}}'' possesses Super-Hearing as a result of his werewolf-like mutation.

** Pretty much any [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent feral mutants]] are guaranteed to have this. This includes Franchise/{{Wolverine}}, his [[OppositeSexClone female clone]] [[ComicBook/{{X23}} X-23]], his son ComicBook/{{Daken}} and his archnemesis ComicBook/{{Sabretooth}}. Other examples include Wolfsbane of the ''ComicBook/NewMutants'' and Wild Child of ''ComicBook/XFactor''.

** In general, all Kryptonians under a yellow sun will develop this ability, including ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}, ComicBook/PowerGirl, SelfDemonstrating/SuperboyPrime, Chris Kent/Nightwing and General Zod. This also applies to Half-Kryptonian hybrids like ComicBook/{{Superboy}} and ComicBook/JonathanSamuelKent.

* In ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', [[Franchise/SpiderMan Peter Parker]] says that all of his senses are turned UpToEleven (with those exact words), including hearing, but it's more of an InformedAbility.

* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse: Heimdall possesses extraordinarily acute sight and hearing that allow him to observe everything that happens in the Nine Realms, should he choose to look or listen. In ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld'', dark elf cloaking tech fools his sight but he can still ''hear'' their ships' engines. While never addressed in the movies, in the comics Heimdall selectively blocks unneeded information to avoid SensoryOverload.

* Parodied in''WebComic/theNonAdventuresOfWonderella'' [[http://nonadventures.com/2015/09/12/pack-of-lies/ when]] Wonderella suddenly (also parodying NewPowersAsThePlotDemands) gains the ability to hear someone using a specific incorrect term about ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}'' at a distance.

* In ''Literature/TheLastDragonChronicles'', the listening dragon Ganzfeld, more commonly known as "The Listener", possesses this ability due to his large ears.

* In ''Literature/{{Dragons}}'', the listening dragon Ganzfeld, more commonly known as "The Listener", possesses this ability due to his large ears.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheAristocats'', the Bloodhound Napoleon has very good hearing and can discover various details about something just by listening to it.

* In ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'', Asuna possesses Super-Hearing. She managed to clearly hear the conversation Eva and Setsuna were having in the ring even though she was in the sidelines of a noisy arena during the Mahora Festival's TournamentArc.

* In ''Franchise/{{Touhou}}'', Prince Shotoku, here known as Toyosatomimi-no-Miko and is [[HistoricalGenderFlip a girl]], has the ability to listen to ten people speaking at the same time, a reference to a famous legend about the historical Prince Shotoku. Due to her sensitive ears, Miko wears earmuffs.

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* ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod''