As we get older, it is natural for people to lose the highest frequencies in their hearing. The hair cells in your ears that capture sound never grow back. I think everyone should have ear plugs in their pocket. Anything from the simplest, little foam ear plugs to something a litle bit fancier. It's not just ecause i'm a sound designer. It's just that i find myself in the gym and my watch will go off saying, this is loud. In 20 minutes you r t start doing hearing damage.
Some sounds bring happy memories flooding back. Other sounds put us on edge; drive us to distraction; or cause us considerable distress. Sound matters... so why don't we pay more attention to our sonic environment?
In a mash-up with our friends at the podcast Twenty Thousand Hertz, Dr. Laurie Santos joins Dallas Taylor to create a Handbook for Sonic Happiness explaining how sound can harm our wellbeing or be a route to greater happiness.
Featuring auditory psychologist David Poeppel, psychology researcher Giulia Poerio, clinical psychologist Ali Mattu, sound scholar Mac Hagood and acoustician Trevor Cox.
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