However, the chatter and babble that I had to endure at times resulted in me keeping a pair of chain saw ear-defenders to hand - I was able to don said ear-wear when I needed to have the peace and solitude that the complexity or quantity of work demanded.
After a brief unboxing, this editor wrapped each set around his head, finding the headband tension of both the over-ear N11 and the on-ear NLa to be just as light as the accessories themselves, squeezing my skull with only the gentlest of pressure.
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Having brought heavy-metal bands to new ear-splitting clarity to dorm rooms across the globe, Harman moved on to social causes.
Masai warriors puncture and stretch their ear lobes to make all-flesh ear-rings, and Masai brides knock out some of their front teeth to add to their allure.
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Comcast ( CMCSA - news - people )--not to talk your ear off on all this stuff, but Comcast just came out with a software that works on the iPad that acts as your remote control, acts as a preview device.
One of the few is that kindness usually cultivates connection, something we yearn for in a time-pressed, ear-to-the- cell-phone culture.
It started with a 20-minute ride in a festive horse-drawn carriage to Erhai, (roughly translated as "Ear-Shaped Sea"), an alpine fault lake situated close to Xizhou.
STRIVA-enabled headphones and in-ear monitors are the first products to make a direct connection to the Internet without dedicating a computer, smartphone, music player or tablet to the task of gathering and serving music to you.
The distinctive rectangular shape of the in-ear, on-ear and over-ear headphones mirrors the back case of an iPhone, highlighting a design meant to pair with an iPhone, iPad or iPod.
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Wednesday's team announcement did lay to rest a few worries which had come to the surface when Jeremy Guscott was spotted in the Brewery bar with a mobile phone glued to his ear - although there was some scepticism, the possibility that Guscott was being called up to replace BOD couldn't entirely be discounted given Sir Clive's somewhat erratic selection policy.
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That's not the sirens' fault -- a mind-numbingly loud "whoop whoop" really doesn't have the bandwidth to reveal that kind of information to the human ear -- but now that SMS-capable phones are ubiquitous, it's time to smarten things up just a tad.
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They will also need to have ear-marked possible sites for the school and give details of any organisation they plan to work with.
Noise levels built to ear-shattering proportions in a frenzied finale, but Miller held firm, pulling off 42 saves in total, and Canadian hearts were broken when Kesler steered the puck into an empty net inside the final minute.
Our favorite otolaryngologist, New York City-based Dr. Melissa Pashcow, offers one that pertains to ears: the use of Q-tips to remove ear wax.
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This first-step work crafted a human-shaped ear that grew with cartilage from a cow, easier to obtain than human cartilage, especially the uniquely flexible kind that makes up ears.
Winston Churchill, a figure from the heart of the establishment who despised establishment thinking, was always prepared to lend an ear to mavericks, eccentrics and out-of-the-box thinkers, as a counterweight to his immediate military advisers for whom he had a healthy disrespect.
The soft-touch outer material around the ear-hooks makes them feel nice in the hand, and adds to the sporty look.
And they've already added so-called "high-end" earplugs to their lineup, from an American company called Ear Peace, which is trying to break into the European market, with Torremocha and Stark as new sales representatives.
Hands-free kits - an earpiece and clip-on microphone - have been marketed as an alternative to holding the mobile close to the ear while making calls.
But here as always, Ms. Herzog uses her well-tuned ear for dialogue to reveal the personalities of her characters, and it doesn't take long to figure out that for all their glib chitter-chatter, Abby and Zack (even their names are right) are pitifully unequal to the harsh challenges of adulthood.
All four match officials -- the referee, his two assistants and the fourth official -- wore microphones and ear pieces that allowed them to hear what each other was saying throughout the match.
The missing ingredient turned out to be sub-bass: The lowest frequencies audible to the human ear, used extensively by dance acts to give their rhythm tracks an added wallop.
The scientists showed this biological battery was indeed able to be run the radio device and detect the inner-ear environment for about five hours without compromising the guinea pigs' ability to hear.
While it looks like it'd be heavy and hefty to wear, the device is very comfortable to wear for short periods of time and the ear cups are extra soft to avoid that pinned-back feeling you get with heavier hardware.
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Just one example (courtesy iMedicalApps): startup Cellscope developed a smartphone camera attachment to create a personal otoscope (for looking at your eardrum) that links to a Cloud-based diagnosis engine to determine whether your child has an ear infection.
Rather, they conclude that "Oscar Wilde died of meningoencephalitis secondary to chronic right middle-ear disease".
He confides that he sticks the cream in his ear to reduce altitude-related popping on airplane flights.
Jawbone, the privately held maker of the Jambox mobile speaker and those in-ear Bluetooth headsets beautiful enough to be in the Museum of Modern Art, is making big moves lately.
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