left ear is for singing

[J&L]

http://abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s1197972.htm


Leon

[shiloh]

very intersting. when i sing in the studio i alwas monitor with my left. and
when i talk on the phone i use the right ear....

"J&L" > wrote in message
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> Leon
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[Phil Allison]

"shiloh"
>
> very intersting. when i sing in the studio i alwas monitor with my left.
and
> when i talk on the phone i use the right ear....
>


** So you are right handed - like most folk.



........... Phil

[Ty Ford]

On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 08:43:35 -0400, shiloh wrote
(in article >):

> very intersting. when i sing in the studio i alwas monitor with my left. and
> when i talk on the phone i use the right ear....

I'm right handed and do my phone work from my left ear.

While provocative, there's something sort of weird about the story:

copy/paste>

The scientists inserted tiny probes into the babies' ears that emitted two
different types of sounds and measured the amplified vibrations.

They found that speech-like clicks triggered greater amplification in the
right ear, while music-like sustained tones were more greatly amplified by
the left ear.

"We were intrigued to discover that the clicks triggered more amplification
in the baby's right ear, while the tones induced more amplification in the
baby's left ear," Sininger said.

"This parallels how the brain processes speech and music, except the sides
are reversed due to the brain's cross connections.

"Our findings demonstrate that auditory processing starts in the ear before
it is ever seen in the brain," said co-author Associate Professor Barbara
Cone-Wesson of the University of Arizona. "Even at birth, the ear is
structured to distinguish between different types of sound and to send it to
the right place in the brain."


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It doesn't really go into pitch perception. That may or may not be the same
thing as more active hair cells the left ear.

Regards,

Ty Ford


-- Ty Ford's equipment reviews, audio samples, rates and other audiocentric
stuff are at www.tyford.com

[Bob Cain]

Ty Ford wrote:

>
> While provocative, there's something sort of weird about the story:
>
> copy/paste>
>
> The scientists inserted tiny probes into the babies' ears that emitted two
> different types of sounds and measured the amplified vibrations.

I think the wierdest thing is that 3,000 sets of parents
would let someone cut on their kid for such an experiment.
Utter nonsense.


Bob
--

"Things should be described as simply as possible, but no
simpler."

A. Einstein

[Phil Allison]

"Bob Cain"

> >
> > The scientists inserted tiny probes into the babies' ears that emitted
two
> > different types of sounds and measured the amplified vibrations.
>
> I think the wierdest thing is that 3,000 sets of parents
> would let someone cut on their kid for such an experiment.
> Utter nonsense.
>


** The Prince of Fools has done it again.





............ Phil

[knud]

Well, my left ear is messed up, and any remotely loud sound causes it to
rattle and shriek painfully. So I guess I'll never be a good singer.


"I'm beginning to suspect that your problem is the gap between
what you say and what you think you have said."
-george (paraphrased)

[knud]

Well, my left ear is messed up, and any remotely loud sound causes it to
rattle and shriek painfully. So I guess I'll never be a good singer.


"I'm beginning to suspect that your problem is the gap between
what you say and what you think you have said."
-george (paraphrased)

[S O'Neill]

knud wrote:

> Well, my left ear is messed up, and any remotely loud sound causes it to
> rattle and shriek painfully. So I guess I'll never be a good singer.
>


No sweat, just put the mic up to your ear!

[S O'Neill]

knud wrote:

> Well, my left ear is messed up, and any remotely loud sound causes it to
> rattle and shriek painfully. So I guess I'll never be a good singer.
>


No sweat, just put the mic up to your ear!