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Sound and Silence

Twenty Thousand Hertz

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You Couldn't Make This Up, but You Can't Really Hear

Sasha Fiver: Mary Louise Kelly is one of the hosts of NPR's All Things Considered. She says she started losing her hearing when she was 42 and on a book tour. "I can't distinguish between consonants no matter how loud the volume is, I can't make out words anymore"

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