Sounds

• Replacing ‘horrible beeps’ in hospitals can improve patient, clinician experience: McMaster researcher

  'What we're doing is just tweaking the sounds that they can convey just as much or maybe even more useful information, but they don't sound so awful.'

  Health

  Feb 27, 2023
  
• Laurel or Yanny — why do we hear things differently?

  What do you hear? The latest debate online deals with sounds...

  May 16, 2018
  
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• New study sheds light on what your first name may say about you

  A new study from the University of Calgary suggests certain personality traits are attached to names based on their “round” or “sharp” sounds.

  Jul 22, 2015
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• ‘Google Tone’ Chrome extension lets you share URLs with sound

  Google has launched an experimental extension for its Chrome web browser that allows users to share URLs using sound – so long as they are within earshot.

  Tech

  May 20, 2015
• Watch: Video captures the sounds of Vancouver

  When motion graphics artist Ezra Istiroti decided to make a video capturing the sounds of Vancouver, he did not expect so many people will tune in.

  Aug 23, 2013