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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
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ear stories: 3 news summaries

(Newser) - People prefer to listen with their right ears and are more giving when addressed from that side, LiveScience reports. An Italian study conducted in nightclubs shows that almost three-quarters of people observed listen with their right ear. Moreover, the researchers cadged significantly more cigarettes when they approached clubgoers on the... More »

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Italy • brain • club • listeners • scientific study • ear • hemisphere • disco • favor

Jamming to
the iPod Is Making Us Deaf 

A generation of adults will suffer hearing loss well ahead of its time

May 18, 09 10:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - The popularity of iPods and similar devices may leave a generation of adults with impaired hearing decades ahead of their time, the Boston Globe reports. Sensory cells in the ear can only take so much bombardment, and frequent, pulsing music causes irreparable damage. New research also shows that boys often... More »

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music • study • hearing loss • decibel • iPods • ear

(Newser) - One day people may access bank accounts by picking up a phone and letting their ear do the talking, the New Scientist reports. Researchers in England are developing a new biometric technique that elicits the sound ear hairs create when ruffled by noise. If each person's "ear sound" ... More »

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