Filter Have You Heard?

Sharpen Your Senses and Help Conservation Researchers

Audobon’s annual Christmas Bird Count recruits volunteers with alert eyes and ears to sign up for its annual bird census—counting every bird you hear and see.

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Listen up! The Causes and Prevention of Noise-Induced Hearing Loss

Sounds are all around us—but when they are too loud and too long, they are damaging to our hearing. Be sure to check out the January 2015 edition of NIH News in Health that discusses noise-induced hearing loss and how to prevent it.

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Studying Sound and Noise Pollution at the Grand Canyon

Students from across the country—many with hearing loss—spent a week in the Grand Canyon to learn about issues caused by noise pollution from man-made distractions.

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Sounds of Your Childhood

What is your personal soundscape—the sounds that surround you? Is it the sounds of school and home? Spend a day paying attention to your personal soundscape. 

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Female and Male Wrens Sing As One

Male and female plain-tailed wrens complete each other’s songs when they couple—taking turns producing notes to create a duet that sounds like its coming from a single bird.

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Recovering Some of the Earliest Audio Recordings Ever Created

Hundreds of experimental audio recordings were left behind by Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison, and Emile Berliner. Scientists are now working to recover those recordings.

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