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Volume control : hearing in a deafening world

text Volume control : hearing in a deafening world

Summary
"Our sense of hearing makes it easy to connect with the world and the people around us. The human system for processing sound is a biological marvel, an intricate assembly of delicate membranes, bones, receptor cells, and neurons. Yet many people ... Read more
Contents

Pardon? -- Our world of sound -- The body's microphone -- When hearing fails -- Cicadas in my head -- Conductive hearing loss -- Hearing aids -- Stigma -- Beyond conventional hearing aids -- Cochlear implants -- Asylum -- The mice in the tank -- Volume control.

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Description
292 pages ; 24 cm
Publisher
Riverhead Books 2019

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Library Location Status
Woodmere (Main Branch) 617.8 OWE in Adult Non-fiction Available

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