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Mom: Don't Smoke--It Can Make Your Kids Deaf

Friday, May 11, 2012
Smoking is not sexy: Exposure to second hand smoke is bad for a fetus and it's bad for teenagers too: Researchers report that exposure to tobacco smoke nearly doubles the risk of hearing loss among...
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Why We Only Hear What We WANT to Hear

Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Sound engineers are trying to figure out how people can focus in a single speaker while tuning out other talkers in a t crowded, noisy room. This is known as the "cocktail party effect."

"Watching" the brain in action with fMRI...
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Soldier Sounds

Tuesday, December 7, 2010
One of the joys of this season is listening to Christmas carols, but some of our brave soldiers are returning from war with a special problem:...
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