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Boston University Professor of Engineering, Xin Zhang, poses for a portrait in her lab.
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Boston University Ph. D. candidate Reza Ghaffarivardavagh poses with his research team. Reza holds the noise cancellation devices his team developed over his ears while his teammates make noise banging a pot, playing a trumpet, and a boombox in the background
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Making the World a Lot Quieter

April 18, 2019
Virginia Best discusses spatial hearing
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Follow Your Ears

March 8, 2018
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Tuning In

September 29, 2016
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An Auditory Illusion

October 28, 2015
Gerald Kidd and Jayaganesh Swaminathan study the cocktail party problem: why it’s so hard to distinguish one voice in a crowd. Can musical training help?
Hearing Sciences

The Cocktail Party Problem

October 5, 2015

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