Wearing just a single ear bud would be okay under the proposed law.

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This includes the single speaker that doubles as the ear piece, located above the screen.

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The Detroit pitcher was struck just above the right ear and the ball went into center field for a single.

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The inquest previously heard that Lt Cdr Molyneux, 36, suffered a single gunshot wound to the top of his head, six inches from his right ear, fired from 5cm away.

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Because of the tiny size, however, we had to jam them oddly far into our ear canals to get a tight seal no matter which tips we used (single and dual-flange options are offered).

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