Comments on: People Hear with Their Skin, As Well As Their Ears http://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/26/people-hear-with-their-skin-as-well-as-their-ears/ The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:47:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: pwscott http://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/26/people-hear-with-their-skin-as-well-as-their-ears/comment-page-1/#comment-1893550 pwscott Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:40:59 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=27776#comment-1893550 So when we're watching TV, where does the puff of air come from? :p So when we’re watching TV, where does the puff of air come from? :p

]]> By: Emmers http://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/26/people-hear-with-their-skin-as-well-as-their-ears/comment-page-1/#comment-1893549 Emmers Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:40:45 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=27776#comment-1893549 Ah, actually, misread the experiment. But still, we don't "hear" with our skin. Note that the participants were blindfolded. You could argue that we hear with our eyes too if you're going to say that we hear with our skin. Ah, actually, misread the experiment. But still, we don’t “hear” with our skin. Note that the participants were blindfolded. You could argue that we hear with our eyes too if you’re going to say that we hear with our skin.

]]> By: Emmers http://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/26/people-hear-with-their-skin-as-well-as-their-ears/comment-page-1/#comment-1893548 Emmers Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:39:17 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=27776#comment-1893548 I would argue that mistaking [pa] for [ba] has nothing to do with feeling the puff of air (we phoneticians call this aspiration) and more to do with the fact that unaspirated p before a vowel really does sound to our English-speaking ears more like [ba]. In some languages, there is contrast between aspirated and unaspirated p, and i'm sure speakers of these languages would be able to tell the difference. But in English, p by itself (i.e. not coarticulated with a fricative such as s, as in "spit") is always aspirated before a vowel. I would argue that mistaking [pa] for [ba] has nothing to do with feeling the puff of air (we phoneticians call this aspiration) and more to do with the fact that unaspirated p before a vowel really does sound to our English-speaking ears more like [ba]. In some languages, there is contrast between aspirated and unaspirated p, and i’m sure speakers of these languages would be able to tell the difference. But in English, p by itself (i.e. not coarticulated with a fricative such as s, as in “spit”) is always aspirated before a vowel.

]]> By: Some other guy called Phil http://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/26/people-hear-with-their-skin-as-well-as-their-ears/comment-page-1/#comment-1893520 Some other guy called Phil Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:12:46 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=27776#comment-1893520 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evelyn_Glennie" rel="nofollow">Evelyn Glennie</a> has been saying the same thing for years. There's a <a href="http://www.evelyn.co.uk/live/hearing_essay.htm" rel="nofollow">fascinating article</a> about it on her website. For those that don't know, Evelyn is one of the world's top percussionists. She has been profoundly deaf since the age of 12, and learnt how to play percussion by feeling the vibrations. To her, hearing sounds and feeling vibrations are part of the same thing. Evelyn Glennie has been saying the same thing for years. There’s a fascinating article about it on her website.

For those that don’t know, Evelyn is one of the world’s top percussionists. She has been profoundly deaf since the age of 12, and learnt how to play percussion by feeling the vibrations. To her, hearing sounds and feeling vibrations are part of the same thing.

]]> By: Gauldar http://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/26/people-hear-with-their-skin-as-well-as-their-ears/comment-page-1/#comment-1893498 Gauldar Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:20:20 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=27776#comment-1893498 Is that why men are better listeners when they aren’t wearing pants? Is that why men are better listeners when they aren’t wearing pants?

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