As a teen, I loved very loud music, then did the sound for a local very loud (small) amateur rock band for years. Then super loud high performance superbikes and open exhausts, drag racing etc. It didnt help!
I sometimes struggle to hear my laptop. Its the high frequencies you see, they no longer get heard!
I came across all sorts of hearing aids etc and they all seem to make a sound louder but just as unintelligable.
Then I saw this on a nature program.
It has (unsurprisingly) remarkably good hearing!
So I made myself some bigger ears from card and tape.... As you do. Now I looked a twat. But the improvement in hearing was remarkable. MASSIVE improvement! Now I did this as a tempory measure as a bit of fun.
But seriously it works supremely well!
So do people with large sticky out ears have the same hearing advantage?
This baby is absolutely real. Its mother was considering an operation to reduce the effect!
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So I looked a bit further on the web...
And found this.
Now these were made or 3d printed as a bit of fun.
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But... I expect that the side effect is that he can hear a bumble be half a mile away.
So since this stuff actually works, and the humans have much smaller ears than say dogs or most animals, and that we communicate via speech, then why didnt we evolve huge ears too? Obviously it gives a huge evolutionary advantage if you can hear so much better! Over greater distances. And less likely to be eaten too.
