About half of the class received a 3 for the listening concepts, as they were able to identify all of the listening concepts and they used detailed descriptions that reflected the recording they heard. These students used musical details and terms to accurately describe what the music sounded like. About half of the class received a 2 for the listening concepts. Most of these students identified 3 of the listening concepts and they demonstrated a basic understanding of the concepts through their
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actually ate through the fence and ran into a busy street. Fortunately someone brought her home safe, but others have not been so lucky. Dogs, cats and other animals react like this because they are extremely afraid and anxious, thinking that you can make the noise stop or that they can run away from it. Here are some tips to help noise-sensitive animals deal with the noises of summer: Do not: Above all - do not punish your pets for annoying or destructive behavior brought on by noise anxiety. When pets
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Acoustic Performance credit in Indoor Environmental Quality (EQ) category. The new construction building will receive 1 point for its compliance. The credit added the requirements for room noise levels, speech privacy and sound isolation, reverberation time, and paging, masking, and sound reinforcement systems harmonized ANSI and ASHRAE standards. Effective acoustic design provides classroom and workspaces that promote occupant communication, productivity, and well-being. The ASHRAE (American Society of
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It is safe to say from about twenty yards out I was able to feel the cumbersome and unmistakable sound of 808s shock wakes pulsating through the ground underneath my feet. As I slowly got my path to what it looked like a governor house, I picked up a dozen people if not more filled the entry doorway. It was about 9:30 in the afternoon, through the window came rays of different colors to make it look like it was unreal bliss. Abruptly, the lights dimmed and the house was filled with green fan lights
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matching (Berkowska & Dalla Bella, 2009 Pfordresher & Brown, 2007). According to Zatorre, the brain’s ability to detect pitch occurs in various stages. Pitch is first encoded in the brainstem, but the individual’s conscious perception of the tone takes place in the auditory cortex. As tones are sequenced to become melodies and occur over time, activation is seen more often in the temporal and frontal lobes. 1st Stage – Brainstem 2nd Stage- Auditory Cortex Image 10: The Auditory Cortex taken
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Did you know that young people can have hearing aids too? I thought it was a weird idea until the option was given to me and I was given the opportunity to see what it is like and how it will change you. Ever since I was a little girl, I have had troubles with my ears and hearing. I have been going to the ear doctor for the longest time and the doctors and nurses in the office know me by my name and they are one of my biggest supporters. I dread going to the doctor every time because I know that
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In spite of the importance of hearing in everyday life, hearing loss is often an unrecognized and under-treated health disorder. Even among people with hearing impairment, there may be a tendency to underreport hearing-related difficulties. (Cruickshanks, Nondahl, Tweed, Wiley, Klein. B, Klein. R, Chappell, Dalton & Nash, 2010) According to the U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment (1986), hearing impairment is very common among elderly people and can seriously affect their quality of life
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shrinkage. Although the brain naturally shrinks with age, the rate of atrophy increases by an additional cubic centimeter per year in those with at least a mild (25 dB) hearing loss — and the shrinkage occurs in regions associated with processing sound, speech, memory, and balance. Similarly, pancreas is like heart disease, diabetics typically have impaired blood flow, which can cause damage to the delicate inner ear. When diabetes is untreated, narrow blood vessels or abnormal blood flow can prevent
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Beep* *Beep* I turned off my alarm clock and jumped out of bed. 7:00am. Time for my morning run. Running comes easily for me and it’s what I love to do. So, I pull on my jogging clothes and tie back my long hair into a ponytail. I step outside to a beautiful fall day. The temperature is just right, not to hot and not too cold. The sun is out and the sky is clear, the leaves fall around me as winter is right around the corner. As I begin my five mile run, I notice that the streets and shops all around
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The complexity that technology use to bring to the music industry is quickly starting to disintegrate. While the first of live sound gear is still aesthetically pleasing to music gear fanatics, for most, technology is now more about ease rather than quality. It still takes some form of education to understand how and why we use certain equipment to set up a live performance. However, now there is some level of acceptance when it comes to an amateur being able to do what a professional is able to
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