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How do hearing aids work?

Brains On! Science podcast for kids

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The Sounds That You Can't Hear Without Your Hearing Aids

When I'm not wearing my hearing aids, the world sounds sort of muted. And when I'm wearing my hearing aid, the sounds like all we could hear before sound like a lot richer. Like birds chirping, like the bells on a cat toy and high frequency sounds. So basically you know it's supposed to be there, but you can't hear it. Your brain makes up the dotted line, like basically like the skeleton of the sound,. But it isn't able to copy exactly. That is very, very cool.

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