Hearing Aides
(HealthScoutNews) -- If you're talking on the telephone in a noisy room, you're apt to hear specific words better if you put the receiver to your right ear.
That's because your right ear is wired more directly to the part of the brain that processes language (even though, ironically, that part is on the left side of your brain), says author David Bodanis in his book, The Secret Family.
Tests have shown that if two words are broadcast to someone wearing earphones, the word coming from the right will be better understood, writes Bodanis.
To prove the point, he suggests you try tapping your right finger while you repeat the words someone is saying to you. Because using your right finger uses up some of the language-processing area on the left side of your brain, Bodanis says you'll do better by tapping your left finger while doing the experiment.
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