Archive for March 2019
Misophonia: When Sounds Really Do Make You “crazy”
You hear your spouse breathing nearby and you instantly get angry. Your 6-year-old yawns and it triggers a fight-or-flight reaction in you. You avoid restaurants because you can’t stand the sound of chewing. Sounds other people don’t even seem to notice, drive you up a wall. You might have misophonia. What is misophonia? People with misophonia…
Read MoreAll About That Bass: Carmakers Seek Electric Car Sounds for Post‑petrol Era
GENEVA (Reuters) – Carmakers are dreaming up futuristic electric car engine sounds to ensure that pedestrians can hear vehicles that lack audible cues like high-revving, howling combustion engines, senior executives at the Geneva car show said. The Audi “Q4 e-tron concept” is displayed at the 89th Geneva International Motor Show in Geneva, Switzerland March 5,…
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