Better Late Than Never McCoy Chapter 9-10 (I'm going in a weird order, I know.)
It was interesting reading this chapter on the ear and listening. I have a brother-in-law who grew up in a home with deaf parents. Because of this he is very conscientious of loud noises directly in his kids ears. Ear plugs also make sense to me. My sister-in-law, who is a percussionist, always has a pair of ear plugs when she performs in order to protect her ears while playing such loud instruments. My dad has also lost some of his hearing and he uses hearing aids. My hope is not to have his ears because I would not want to need hearing aids by the time I am 50.
The parts of the ear are really intriguing for me. When I read about the auditory tubes I was very interested. I remember a childhood friend who needed tube in her ears because she kept getting ear infections. My 4 year old nephew had the same procedure done because he also was getting ear infections. It was neat to learn why my nephew and childhood friend had the procedure and how it helps them.
Overall listening to yourself singing is important, but you cannot rely on that alone. There is a process to hearing and analyzing your own sound and that auditory feedback loop occurs for speaking and singing.
My thoughts were a bit everywhere for this chapter, but they are out on the post.
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