Hearing
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Exploding Head Syndrome, Not Science Fiction!
Have you ever shot out of your bed because of a loud bang or crash? Perhaps a flash of light accompanied the heart-stopping sound? After hearing the noise, did you then walk around the house to investigate only to find nothing seemed to be out of place? No windows were broken, nothing fell off any shelves, and your dog or…
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3-D Hearing Aid for People with Cochlear Implants
This film includes simulations of what sounds sound like to people with cochlear implants with and without the new technology. Why is there a controversy surrounding cochlear implants?
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Hearing Motion
Imagine if words created a taste in your mouth, or music created bursts of color. This rare condition, called synesthesia, results in your senses being crossed. As this ScienCentral News video reports, researchers have now found people who “hear” motion. What kind of task would you devise to test people for this type of synesthesia?
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Synesthesia – Heroes
This clip from the television show, Heroes, shows a woman playing a cello. As she plays, she sees colors radiating from the strings. There have been over 60 types of synesthesia identified, including color-graphemic synesthesia, ordinal linguistic personification, and number form synesthesia. Define synesthesia and describe some of the different manifestations. What are some of the causes?
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Science of Sound
This NASA Connect segment explores all the basics of sound including how it works and how it travels. The video also explains how the ear works. What habits or processes threaten the sensory hair cells in the ear? Which part of the auditory system identifies the origin of sounds? Which part identifies the meaning of sounds?
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Deafening Sound: Noise in the City
In this clip from the documentary Deafening Sound, Nancy Nadler, president of the League for the Hard of Hearing in New York City measures the decibel level at a crowded street corner. In other portions of this documentary, chronic ringing in the ear, or tinnitus, is also discussed. When one loses the ability to hear over time what is typically occurring physiologically? What…
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The Auditory Pathways
A simple illustration and narration describe the structures that transport sensory information all the way to the brain areas that process it. Where do the auditory pathways begin? Where is their endpoint? How does sound received by one ear travel to both cortexes?
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Tinnitus: Can You Hear That?
A public service announcement begins with young men and women holding their ears and asking can you hear it? Some people admit that they hear it all the time. A ringing noise surfaces to simulate the experience of tinnitus. What causes tinnitus? What are some of the risk factors for young adults?
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Benny Lava
This is one of many videos from the artist Prabu Deva (aka Benny Lava) that has been posted on YouTube. People have gone through and transliterated what they believe he is singing that is, the words at the bottom of the clip are not what are actually being sung, but what someone thinks it sounds like. Try listening to the video with…
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