Volume control hearing in a deafening world
"Our sense of hearing makes it easy to connect with the world and the people around us. The human system for processing sound is a biological marvel, an intricate assembly of delicate membranes, bones, receptor cells, and neurons. Yet many people take their ears for granted, abusing them with loud r...
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New York :
Riverhead Books,
2019.
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Table of Contents:
- Pardon?
- Our world of sound
- The body's microphone
- When hearing fails
- Cicadas in my head
- Conductive hearing loss
- Hearing aids
- Stigma
- Beyond conventional hearing aids
- Cochlear implants
- Asylum
- The mice in the tank
- Volume control.
