Listening Without Ears
Is it even possible? If we are neither speaking figuratively nor in spiritual terms is it feasible to have an audible experience without the ears? Well, in a manner of speaking, yes and this post will explore one way of hearing without using the ears per se. Imagine you were a soldier in the battle field and need to be conscious of the hostile environment you're in as well as pay attention to instructions from your communication device (or comms as they call it). Or you're listening to music while jogging on the busy streets of Ojuelegba and need not be run over by a vehicle you didn't hear coming. One thing is constant in these two scenarios, you want to listen to your audio device and be conscious of your environment at the same time. With on-ear, over-ear and in-ear headphones (your everyday ear buds and ear phones) you will have to sacrifice your environment for the music, except you want to listen really low or use only one ear. These conventional headph...