Even a healthy person would probably have difficulty recalling exactly how often he used his mobile phone a decade ago, and which ear he routinely held it to.
Paul Getty III was found in southern Italy after being kidnapped for five months, during which his right ear was cut off and sent to a Rome newspaper.
Over the last couple of weeks, many prominent economists, several of which have the ear of Ben Bernanke, have come out and said that massive QE2 is a horrible idea given that we are in a liquidity trap and it could have long-term damaging inflation implications.
Hearing-aid styles fall roughly into two categories: devices worn outside the ear and those inside the ear, which are largely invisible.
One Friday night in May, Zikmund-Fisher looked across the dinner table at 3-year-old Jesse and noticed that his right ear, which usually lies close to his head, was sticking out.
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As the vibrations cover a wide area of the screen, the user is able to hear clear voice quality regardless of which part of the ear they place the device on.
He said his girlfriend told him to pick it up in a doggy bag to ensure he did not touch the ear, which he took it back to his flat before calling the non-emergency police number.
She will also receive a cochlear implant to restore hearing to her left ear, in which she is currently deaf.
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.
These thrusters will produce a force roughly the same as whispering in somebody's ear which should be just enough to keep the two spacecraft moving at a relative velocity of less than 20 microns a second.
Ms Thomson, who works at Stracathro Hospital, had attended numerous clinics and appointments over the years for recurrent ear infections, which resulted in a conductive hearing loss in both her ears where sounds are heard at a much quieter level.
He survived a German-shepherd attack in which he lost part of an ear.
Thanks to my classical training, my musical ear also improved, which enabled me to write and arrange orchestral pieces.
In 2005 he was forced to retire from the game at the age of 30, when he was suffering from dizzy spells and headaches - an illness which was initially diagnosed as an ear infection.
Richards was forced to retire from the game in 2005 after suffering from dizzy spells and headaches - an illness which was initially diagnosed as an inner ear infection.
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Now, there is admittedly more about which to "tweak" Wahid's ear.
According to researchers at Manchester University, music fans are stimulating part of the inner ear known as the sacculus, which responds to the beat in music.
The girl gets the impression that there is an altercation, during which the earpiece falls from Martin's ear and the connection goes dead, according to Crump.
She wears a flower behind her ear, a modest adornment, which suggests she was a member of the household rather than a patrician matron displaying her wealth.
After three weeks in which the athletes got used to swimming with ear buds, the researchers conducted three experiments using 26 collegiate swimmers who completed the 200-meter freestyle trials.
One earpiece holds a proximity sensor, which if it's pointing at your ear, pumps out the left-channel, if it's facing away from you, it pumps out the right channel (pictured).
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With a number of academic collaborators, they fashioned an early retinal implant from a cochlear implant for the ear with 16 electrodes, each of which stimulated a small area of the retina.
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It involves an instrument sending a sound into the baby's ear and measuring the level of returned sound which calculates the level of hearing function.
Acoustic shocks are defined as "any temporary or permanent disturbance of the functioning of the ear, or of the nervous system, which may be caused to the user of a telephone earphone by a sudden sharp rise in the acoustic pressure produced by it".
The study, by Massachusetts Eye and Ear and Harvard Medical School, looked at mice which were completely deaf and had virtually no hairs remaining in their ears.
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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Boris Kodjoe is believable as an amorous basketball player, and Mos Def has great success with the small role of Christopher, a rapper reduced to driving a taxi. (And one of the only medallioned cabs in New York without a security barrier, which would have impeded several dialogue scenes.) Keep an ear out for Christopher's quick rap on Bogey and Casablanca.
For those that prefer an over-the-ear headphone model, Koss has introduced STRIVA PRO, which combines superior sound quality with elegant design.
The device will not allow her to hear completely naturally but will restore enough function to the damaged ear to allow her to hear in three dimensions, which is important for safety.
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