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The Human Receiver, Lesson 1: Resources

In-Text References:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8017906/site/newsweek/

1. Kathy Peck has some great memories of her days playing bass and singing with The Contractions, an all-female punk band, although she has had to pay a high price for those carefree times....

 

http://www.hearnet.com/audio_video/video/Spinaltapweb.mov

2. A public service announcement, featuring Vince Savage of "Spinal Tap"....

 

http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~jw/hearing.html

3. This website allows one to determine the effective range of human hearing....

 

http://www.phys.unsw.edu/au/~jw/dB.html#soundfiles

4. This website gives a dynamic example of how sound is measured  by dB......

 

http://www.hearnet.com/audio_video/video/Pete%20Townshen

5. A PSA from Pete Townshend of the "Who" ......

 

http://www.hearnet.com/audio_video/video/Hearnet_Protect.mov

6. "Protecting Your Hearing" PSA......

 

http://www.dangerousdecibels.org/virtualexhibit.cfm#

7. A demonstration of sounds experienced by people with hearing loss ....

http://www.ata.org/

8. Information about tinnitus....

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/chhearing.html

9. Hearing acuity experiments.....

Resources:

http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/education/

10. Information on noise induced hearing loss, including "Ask a Scientist"....

http://www.hearnet.com/index.shtml

11. A comprehensive website that focuses on noise induced hearing loss....