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How Reading And Doing Crosswords Can Block Your Ability To Hear

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First Posted: 05/27/11 01:18 PM ET Updated: 07/27/11 06:12 AM ET

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Becoming engrossed in a good book or a crossword really can block the ability to hear, a study has found.

Scientists demonstrated that when someone focuses their full attention on something, they can become deaf to normally audible sounds.


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04:39 PM on 05/30/2011
"Didn't you hear me calling you?" Spoken 50 years ago to a 10-year old me by my mother when I emerged from the cocoon of the book I was reading. This is news?
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