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Listen Again: Sound And Silence

TED Radio Hour

CHAPTER

The Evolution of Hearing Over the Ears

There is no certainty why we have lost that capacity. Part of the issue may simply be that we live longer. If you have cells that can readily regenerate, you also have cells that more readily become cancerous. So if you are a fish that's going to live two years, you may not spend much time worrying about tancer. But if you're a radio announcer who hopes to live 95 years, you have to take it into consideration. As as someone who understands how sound and hearing works more intimately than 99 point nine % of the population. What what have you observed about your own hearing over the ears? Well, the principal thing, as i've observed, is i was stupid

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