question about the "Mosquito" (Sarah Hargus Ferguson )


Subject: question about the "Mosquito"
From:    Sarah Hargus Ferguson  <sarah.ferguson@xxxxxxxx>
Date:    Mon, 12 Sep 2011 16:02:24 -0600
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Hi all - As I've done for several years, last week I played the Mosquito ring tone (from this NPR story: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5434687) during class to demonstrate how high-frequency hearing is lost earlier than students typically think. A student who couldn't hear the tone noted that his ears felt funny when it was playing - sort of a warm feeling. I've experienced a similar sensation when playing this tone but had assumed I was imagining it since I controlled the onset of the tone. Anyway, the student was asking why this sensation would have occurred, and I didn't have a good answer. Do any of you? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sarah Hargus Ferguson, Ph.D., CCC-A Assistant Professor Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders University of Utah 390 South 1530 East Room 1201 Salt Lake City, UT 84112 Office: 801-585-6776 Speech Perception Laboratory: 801-585-0036 http://www.health.utah.edu/csd/faculty/DrSarahFerguson.html


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