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How It Works: A Laser-Powered Ear Implant to Boost Hearing
Inner Ear DiagramWikimedia CommonsHigh-frequency sound produces a vibration peak near the oval window, whereas low frequencies will stimulate receptors near the apex of the cochlea, as the diagram...
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Headphone Technology That Actually Helps Hearing Loss
Able Planet Personal Sound AmplifierClaire BenoistClick here to get a bigger view of this image.Of the estimated 36 million Americans who report some level of hearing loss, as many as 20 million have...
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Which Animal Has The Most Extreme Sense of Hearing?
The Animal KingdomWikimedia CommonsOur old friend, the bat, is the king of extreme hearing in the mammalian world. It uses echolocation, emitting ultrasonic sounds and measuring the length of time...
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This Sound Camera Could Help You Fix Your Car
Sound CameraKAISTYou're driving around, when you hear a weird rattling noise coming out of your car. Even if you know your way around an engine, you don't know exactly where the problem is coming from,...
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Researchers Can Now "Hear" The Exact Shape Of A Room
Townsend's Big-Eared BatWikimedia CommonsResearchers from American and French universities have discovered how to exactly map a room's shape solely by using a sense you wouldn't normally choose for...
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How Slot Machine Sounds Trick Your Brain
Mandalay Bay Casinorustler2x4When you win a bet on a slot machine, the machine rewards you with a celebratory noise: that electronic string of notes saying, You're a winner! Here is, like, 30 cents,...
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This Weird Tiny Frog Hears With Its Mouth
Gardiner's FrogR. Boistel/CNRSThe Gardiner's Seychelles frog is one of the smallest amphibians in the world, measuring less than half an inch long. But their extreme tininess isn't the only curious...
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FYI: Why Does White Noise Help People Sleep?
White NoiseBeate FirlingerOn its face, flipping on white noise before hitting the sack must be the most counterintuitive idea out there. Want to sleep better? Simple solution: make a bunch of noise....
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Elephants Able To Detect Rainstorms 150 Miles Away
African Elephantsshankar s. via Flickr CC by 2.0Lions may be the kings of the animal world, but at least elephants could make for spunky meteorologists. New research is revealing that elephants have a...
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World Health Organization: Limit Headphone Time To An Hour Per Day
Turn Down For What?Sascha Kohlmann via FlickrCranking up the tunes today may lead to the inability to hear them tomorrow, according the World Health Organization. Young people tend to turn the volume...
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2016 Mercedes E-Class Prepares Your Ears For A Crash
From Our Blogs: Speed Lab The sound of safety The 2016 Mercedes-Benz E Class will play pink noise immediately before an unavoidable crash to trigger a natural reflex that protects hearing.
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The Future Of Listening Is Now Ready For Your Ears
Technology Doppler Labs' Here earbuds want to change the way the world hears Doppler Labs’ Here earbuds are one of the first in a new breed of “hearables.”…
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Listen To Records With Your Teeth
DIY Using cheap materials, you can hear music through bone conduction You don’t need a fancy machine, or even ears, to listen to old records. Simply build a bone-conducting phonograph from cheap...
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Sea Anemone Proteins Might Help Reverse Hearing Loss
Science In a new experiment, scientists healed hair cells in mouse ear tissue A new experiment indicates that sea anemone proteins might be able to restore hearing in people.
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For the love of God, please stop sticking things into your ear
Health Doctors are updating the guidelines on how to mind your earwax. Spoiler alert: Q-tips and ear candling are still bad for you. Today, the American Academy of Otolaryngology released new...
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This robot is perfectly designed to drill tiny tunnels in your skull
Technology The world's first robot-assisted cochlear implantation Cochlear implantation surgeries just got a robotic assistant. Read on.
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Elephants Able To Detect Rainstorms 150 Miles Away
Science Plus, how these weather predicting skills could save them from poachers Lions may be the kings of the animal world, but at least elephants could make for spunky meteorologists. New research is...
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World Health Organization: Limit Headphone Time To An Hour Per Day
Health Turned-up audio players and noisy locales are putting millions of young ears at risk Cranking up the tunes today may lead to the inability to hear them tomorrow, according the World Health...
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2016 Mercedes E-Class Prepares Your Ears For A Crash
From Our Blogs: Speed Lab The sound of safety The 2016 Mercedes-Benz E Class will play pink noise immediately before an unavoidable crash to trigger a natural reflex that protects hearing. The 2016...
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The Future Of Listening Is Now Ready For Your Ears
Technology Doppler Labs' Here earbuds want to change the way the world hears Doppler Labs’ Here earbuds are one of the first in a new breed of “hearables.”… Doppler Labs’ Here earbuds are one of the...
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