» Earprints http://listenwithyourownears.com Wed, 19 Jan 2011 00:12:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Earprints http://listenwithyourownears.com/2008/08/26/earprints/ http://listenwithyourownears.com/2008/08/26/earprints/#comments Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:23:12 +0000 David Schönstein http://arkamis.wordpress.com/?p=142 Every person’s ear is different; “as individual as fingerprints” Fred Whightman explains…

Here is a very accessible scientific journal article explaining how the shape of your own ear is unique and how this determines your perception of the sounds you hear around you everyday. And can you adapt to new ear shapes, or learn to listen with someone else’s ears?

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If the journal article was not convincing enough, have a look at this 1998 BBC report on how a murderer was caught using his earprint…

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