i was some fascinated by this data point you gave us, that there are forty or so sounds in english. Forty tat's i assume a sound as e e e ah a. There's no my name, hebrew is russ. So people have trouble with my name. I'm 67 and many languages would be hard for me. But of course, i'm 67, and many languagesWould be hard for him. He could not learn an older language because his hearing brain isn't strong enough to make sense of these sounds. We're different now than we were when we were four or five years old, or two or three. And so maybe we needa a strategy for learning
We undervalue our sense of hearing and we under-appreciate the impact sweet sounds and disturbing noises have on our well-being. Neuroscientist Nina Kraus of Northwestern University talks about her book, Of Sound Mind. Kraus argues that our listening affects our minds and brains in ways we ignore at our peril.