Hearing

WATCH: Creepy Humanoid Robot Mimics Man's Every Move

| Daniel Cossins | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Anechoic Chamber, Humanoid Robot, Video, Humanoid, Hearing, Audition, Human Hearing, Cocktail Party Problem, Cocktail Party Effect, Cocktail Party, Robot, Science News

Scientists call it the "cocktail party problem." To understand the person talking to you in a noisy room, you've got to filter out all of th...

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What Would You Listen To You Were Going To Lose Your Hearing?

Posted 03.30.2012

Read More: Lost and Sound Documentary, Lost and Sound Film, Lost and Sound, Panic List, Video, Hearing, Deafness, Music, Film, Deaf, Lindsey Dryden, The Panic List, Culture News

Yesterday, we featured an interview with the filmmaker of "Lost and Sound," a new documentary that explores how deaf people experience music after los...

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WATCH: House Republicans Order 'Gasland' Documentary Director Josh Fox Detained At Public Hearing

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: Josh Fox, First Amendment, Fracking, House GOP, Gasland, Journalist, Politics, Video, Hearing, Environment, Gop, Documentary, Republicans, Brad Miller, Arrest, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- In a stunning break with First Amendment policy, House Republicans directed Capitol Hill police to detain a highly regarded documentary ...

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White House Rules Out Constitutional Option On Debt Ceiling: Report

The Huffington Post | Sam Stein | Posted 09.06.2011

Read More: Deficit, Debt Ceiling Option, 14th Amendment, Politics News, Prediction, National Debt, Hearing, Debt Ceiling, Bruce Bartlett, Tim Geithner, Debt Ceiling Constitutional Option, Predict the News, Debt Ceiling 14th Amendment, US Default, Former Reagan Adviser, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- As quickly as the so-called "constitutional option" appeared as a way to resolve the debt ceiling showdown, top White House officials ha...

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First Republican Expresses Openness To 14th Amendment Option

HuffingtonPost.com | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 09.06.2011

Read More: Deficit, 14th Amendment, National Debt, Debt Ceiling, Hearing, Bruce Bartlett, Barney Frank, US Default, Former Reagan Adviser, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said on Thursday that the Constitution may trump the debt ceiling, allowing the administration a way out of...

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Can You Hear Me Now? Or Do You Just Get a Ringing or Buzzing Noise?

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 08.20.2011

Read More: Tinnitus, Dr. Glenn Braunstein, Hearing, Cedars Sinai, Health, Ears, Hearing Loss, Ear Plugs, Ear Health, Los Angeles News

You take off your headphones and... ring! Your ears buzz. Or hiss. Or rumble. It's called tinnitus and almost everyone deals with it. It's usually a temporary annoyance -- but for some, the ringing never stops.

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How Reading And Doing Crosswords Can Block Your Ability To Hear

Mail Online | Posted 07.27.2011

Read More: Crossword Puzzles, Reading Books Hearing, Loss of Hearing, Hearing Problems, Hearing, University College London, Reading, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, Books News

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...

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'Virtual Hearings' Via Webcam Save Courts Money

AP | By COLLEEN LONG | Posted 07.09.2011

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NEW YORK -- George Villanueva, charged with first-degree murder in the death of a police officer, will not leave jail for months of pretrial hearings....

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Petraeus "Understands the Frustration" With Spending "Enormous Amounts of Money," But He'll Keep Spending It If You Let Him

Robert Greenwald and Derrick Crowe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Debt, Petraeus, Rethinkafghanistan, Obama, War Spending, War in Afghanistan, Robert Greenwald, Afghanistan War, Brave New Foundation, Deficit, Rethink Afghanistan, Hearing, Waste, Afghanistan, Defense Spending, Derrick Crowe, Senate, World News

News flash: if you can't turn the war effort around with 30,000 more troops at a cost of $1 million per troop, per year, maybe the military solutions aren't solutions after all.

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House Republicans Amplify Attacks On Elizabeth Warren, Consumer Protection

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Elizabeth Warren, Congress, Lynn Westmoreland, Financial Reform, Bachus, Wall Street Reform, Thaddeus McCotter, Federal Reserve, Monetary Policy, Regulation, Obama, Foreclosure Settlment, The Fed, Stephen Lynch, Politics, Mortgages, Cfpb, Payday Lending, Foreclosure Crisis, Neugebauer, Payday Lenders, Mortgage Crisis, Payday Loans, Credit Cards, David Obey, Steve Pearce, Servicers, Sean Duffy, Wall Street, Hearing, Inflation, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Huizenga, Foreclosure Deal, Banks, Gary Ackerman, Brad Miller, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- In a hearing marked by openly hostile questioning from House Republicans, consumer advocate Elizabeth Warren made her highly anticipated...

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Oil Millionaire's Ex-Wife Seeks Higher Divorce Settlement

The Independent | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Barrister, Lawyers, Higher Settlement, Nasty Divorce, Prenup, Hearing, Expensive Divorce, High Settlement, Divorce Settlement, Assets, Bitter Divorce, Victoria Jones, Oil Millionaire, Divorce News

An oil technology millionaire's former wife today asked judges to double her divorce settlement, saying £5 million was "far too low". Victoria Jones...

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Fatima, 4-Year-Old Deaf Iraqi Girl, Given The Ability To Hear In India (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Deaf Children, Deaf Girl, Deaf, Hearing, Iraq Deaf Girl, Hearing Impaired, Iraqi Deaf Girl, Medical Tourism, Neuro, World News

Though her parents had initially lost all hope, a deaf Iraqi girl has been granted the ability to hear thanks to a team of tireless Indian doctors, th...

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Senators Move To End Secret Holds

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Filibuster, Confirmation, Senate Confirmation, Hearing, Claire McCaskill, Secret Holds, Senate Secret Holds, Politics News

The opponents of a rule that allows lawmakers to anonymously delay Senate confirmation proceedings have garnered enough support to overturn the rule. ...

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Tinnitus: the Noisy Affliction We Are Too Quiet About

Joseph Smigelski | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Tinnitus, Pete-Townshend-Tinnitus, Sam Harris, Ear Health, Health, Ear Ringing, Hearing, Hearing Loss, Healthy Living News

Coping with tinnitus is an ongoing struggle with many illuminated peaks and darkened abysses. Sometimes I dare to think that maybe, just maybe, the ringing will subside.

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Jim Sensenbrenner, BP Investor And Congressman, Won't Recuse Himself From Oil Spill Hearings

AP | DENNIS CONRAD | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON (AP)— A multimillionaire House Republican who owns thousands of shares of BP stock has no plans to recuse himself from a congressiona...

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Turning On The Light At Times Of Loss

Anne Naylor | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Acceptance, Awareness, Rachel Naomi Remen, Forgiving, John Morton, Hearing, Light, Sai Baba, New Wealth Book Blog, Understanding, Norman Cousins, Deafness, Healing, Gary Zukav, Surrender, Helen Keller, Gratitude, Death & Dying, Healthy Living News

Whatever you lose in the course of your life, there is something to gain. You may go through a period of "darkness," and at a certain moment, you may be able to see "light at the end of the tunnel."

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Wash U: Antibiotic Preserves Hearing In Mice

Student Life | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hearing Loss, The Midwest, Student Life, Ear Damage, The Student Life, Student Life Hearing Loss, Hearing, Washington University, Washington University St. Louis, Wash U Student Life, College News

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine have found that the antibiotic Kanamycin (KM), which was previously believed to damage ears, a...

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Exclusive: Congress Plans Historic Hearing on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: House, Senate, Congress, Military, Dadt, Colin Powell, Hearing, Afghanistan, Homophobia, Sam Nunn, Manpower Shortage, Gays, Iraq, Dan Coats, Canada, Politics News

Any serious discussion of the crisis the country faces in recruiting and retaining qualified men and women in the military will require a fresh and serious look at the odious "compromise" known as "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."

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