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How does the brain perceive fragmented sound?
Thiruvananthapuram :: India | 1 day ago
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Now, a new Dutch study throws up interesting insights into how the brain allows us to perceive a physically interrupted sound as being continuous. "In our day-to-day lives, sounds we wish to pay attention to may be distorted or masked by background noise,...
Tags: physically interrupted, Lars Riecke, interrupted sound, fragmented sound, India, Thiruvananthapuram, Health Medical Pharma, Acoustics, Auditory system, Electroencephalography, Sound, Waves, Hearing
Six percent hearing loss threshold not fair - MP (NZPA)
Auckland :: New Zealand | 2 days ago
Credibility Questions on the fairness of a proposed ACC threshold for hearing aid entitlement were raised in Parliament today. The industrial relations select committee is considering legislative changes, including introducing a 6 percent hearing loss threshold.
Tags: hearing aid, hearing loss, percent hearing, select committee, New Zealand, Auckland, Audiology, Otology, Acoustics, Industrial noise, Noise pollution, Hearing, Hearing impairment
How that noise can drive you mad
Nairobi :: Kenya | 2 days ago
Credibility The World Health Organisation lists some of the health hazards of excessive noise as hypertension and ischemic heart disease. Noise, the health organisation says, causes hearing impairment, interferes with communication, disturbs sleep, causes cardiovascular...
Tags: Kenya, Nairobi, Acoustics, Hearing, Hearing impairment, Noise regulation, Noise, Technology Internet, Noise pollution, Sound, Otology
New hyperlens for clearer ultrasound images
Thiruvananthapuram :: India | 4 days ago
Credibility You can see an arm, but you can''t clearly see facial structures," ABC Science quoted author Dr Xiang Zhang of the University of California, Berkeley in the US, as saying. "With this new technology, we will be able to resolve a baby''s face before it''s...
Tags: sound wave, India, Thiruvananthapuram, Electromagnetism, Nanomaterials, Superlens, Ultrasound, Sonar, Technology Internet, Acoustics, Metamaterials, Physics
Victim killed after complaining to neighbours
Melbourne :: Australia | 5 days ago
Credibility Rowan Biram, 38, reportedly had his throat slashed and was left to die in the front yard of a house in Alamein Road, Heidelberg West, about 11.50pm. Police said Mr Biram went to the house to "investigate a noise". A patrol car had been to the house earlier...
Tags: Australia, Melbourne, Constable, Sheriffs, Law Crime, Pollution, Crimestoppers, Noise regulation, Noise pollution, Acoustics, Audiology
Elings Park Expansion Shot Down
Santa Barbara :: CA :: USA | 8 days ago
Credibility At first blush, the specific bone of contention appeared to be technical and limited: Had the Draft Environmental Impact Report adequately assessed the full impacts of the proposed new development? The immediate answer, according to all the commissioners...
Tags: elings parking, plans commissioners, Godric Grove, Stella Larson, Santa Barbara, Acoustics, Audiology, Noise regulation, Noise, Environmental impact assessment, Noise pollution, Elings Park, Santa Barbara California
Sound barriers will accompany I-65 widening project
Franklin :: TN :: USA | 9 days ago
Credibility Federal law requires road planners to study noise levels on federally funded road projects and consider ways to curb the sound with noise barriers. Marsha Blackburn to see the project area. �We�re doing everything we can,� said Mayor John Schroer. �We�re...
Tags: Jim Ozment, Franklin, Noise reduction, Noise regulation, Noise barrier, Noise, Road, Noise pollution, Acoustics, Environmental engineering, Environment
A perfect site for fete arena -- Letter of the Day
Madrid :: Spain | 11 days ago
Credibility A perfect site for fete arena Letter of the Day Monday, November 16th 2009 This is an open letter to the Honourable Prime Minister Patrick Manning. For once I agree with your decision to use neither the Jean Pierre Complex nor the Hasely Crawford Stadium...
Tags: Spain, Madrid, Port of Spain, Pallet, Industrial noise, Stadia, Noise pollution, Noise, Acoustics
SickKids program adds lawyers to family support teams
Toronto :: Canada | 13 days ago
Credibility S ometimes it takes more than the assistance of doctors, nurses and social workers to help parents cope with the challenges of caring for an extremely sick child. So, in a unique program – believed to be the first of its kind in Canada – Toronto's Hospital...
Tags: Canada, Toronto, Neurotechnology, Acoustics, Nina Kraus, Electroencephalography, Autism, Human Interest, Noise pollution, Sound, Medical tests, Entertainment Culture, Educational psychology, Neurology, Suffering, Hospital for Sick Children, Social determinants of health, Dyslexia, Special education, Pain, Health Medical Pharma
Flexible speaker for better acoustics
I have a music system at home with no traditional visible speakers attached to it. But still the sound is crystal clear, well amplified and excellent. This would not have been possible but for the flat speakers of just 0.25mm thickness hung on the...
Tags: acoustics, flat speaker, gadgetsacoustics, gadgets
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