New earbud design could eliminate ‘listener fatigue’
Saturday, May 14, 2011 - 14:00
in Psychology & Sociology
Engineers investigating “listener fatigue”– the discomfort and pain some people experience while using in-ear headphones, hearing aids, and other devices that seal the ear canal from external sound — have [...]
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