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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #35146 Medium Hearing 2
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You will hear a recording. Below is a transcription of the recording. Some words in the transcription differ from what the speaker said. Please click on the words that are different.
* Click on the words that are different from what you hear
Result:

Correct Transcript:

Our ears are highly attuned to sounds in the world around us. It's not just the frequency of the sound itself. There are also subtle differences and shifts in loudness and pitch. That's what tells us, for instance, whether that baby crying belongs to us and just where it's located. But according to a recent study, what you and I hear may not sound the same, scientists at the University of Oxford are trying to understand how the ears and the brain work together. They fit ferrets with auditory implants, trained them to respond to sound, and then looked at the way their neurons reacted. It turns out that each ferret's neurons in the auditory cortex responded to changes in gradual differences in sound but each ferret responded differently. The researchers say this is applicable to humans. They say this means that our brains are wired to process sounds.
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Printed "warping", the speaker says "according"

Explanation: Here the speaker says "according to a recent study". It starts with a different letter, so listen to the whole word.

Printed "motorcyclists", the speaker says "scientists"

Explanation: The speaker says "scientists at the University", not "motorcyclists". The two words start with different letters, so follow the sound, not the page.

Printed "fatality", the speaker says "University"

Explanation: Listen for "University of Oxford are". They start with different first letters, so wait for the whole word.

Printed "untenanted", the speaker says "responded"

Explanation: You will hear "responded to changes in". The printed word "untenanted" starts with a different letter, and it does not fit the sentence meaning.

Printed "uninhabitable", the speaker says "applicable"

Explanation: On the recording the words are "applicable to humans". The printed word "uninhabitable" starts with a different letter, so trust the audio here.

"ferrets" matches the audio

Explanation: "They fit ferrets with auditory implants" may look odd to you. The speaker says "ferrets" exactly, so do not click it.

"auditory" matches the audio

Explanation: "fit ferrets with auditory implants" has a technical word next to it. It might seem wrong, but the speaker says "auditory" exactly, so do not click it.

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