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#52 | Audio Diaries: Auditory Adaptation

Half A Thought

English - December 14, 2020 17:00 - 15 minutes - 10.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
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Our world is filled with noise. Becoming a better listener is a grand task. Here, Ali takes just one component of it: Auditory adaptation. All sounds lose meaning because of their repetition. Each time they occur we take the same interpretation, and it’s part of the reason why many times, we fail to listen. Ali looks to musicians as an example to refresh ourselves to the noise around us, and tries to find meaning in every noise we have.