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What is the 'web' link?
The link near the top of this page (HackerNews) that says "web". It's in an easy-to-miss list of light grey links.
Thanks, I never noticed that.
New studies of the brain’s ability to decode words in loud situations
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Re: New studies of the brain’s ability to decode words in loud situations
#22Sounds like just a more varied range of vocal listening skills, than a "loss". *Multilingualism
Re: New studies of the brain’s ability to decode words in loud situations
#23I can't read this article without paying for a subscription. Forgive my ignorance of procedure with something like this; should the title perhaps include an indication that the article is not free? I didn't see any guidelines concerning paid / subscription articles in the FAQ.
I'm not sure if it's documented, but for WSJ you can click the 'web' link, or do the equivalent of what the web link does.
It looks like it checks for a referrer from Google.com. If I visit the page from Google without a referrer, it blocks me from reading it.
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I'm not sure if it's documented, but for WSJ you can click the 'web' link, or do the equivalent of what the web link does.
This only works if the search term matches the title exactly. For instance, when the submission still had its original title (which matched the article's title), it worked. Then someone edited it and it now doesn't work. You have to open the article, select the title, right click > Search Google, then click the result from there.
Bleh. I just tried it in three different browsers and hit the paywall each time. It's too bad, I've had this condition for years. I guess I'll have to do my own reading on the side.
Re: New studies of the brain’s ability to decode words in loud situations
#26I can't read this article without paying for a subscription. Forgive my ignorance of procedure with something like this; should the title perhaps include an indication that the article is not free? I didn't see any guidelines concerning paid / subscription articles in the FAQ.
Take a look at this extension if you wanna read WSJ: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/paywall-pass/
That helped when the web+google workaround didn't. Thank you!
Re: New studies of the brain’s ability to decode words in loud situations
#27Wow. Good to know I'm not just going crazy. I score above average on hearing tests, being able to hear higher frequency tones even with 30, but I already have problems hearing someone talking into a direction away from me.
So you hear well but understand poorly?
Re: New studies of the brain’s ability to decode words in loud situations
#28If you would like to go on a Wikipedia journey on related topics, I recommend these two articles: [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%E2%80%93Kopetzky_syndrome [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocktail_party_effect
King-Kopetsky syndrome. Damnit, so that's what it could be. Gotta have that checked out.
Re: New studies of the brain’s ability to decode words in loud situations
#29I can't read this article without paying for a subscription. Forgive my ignorance of procedure with something like this; should the title perhaps include an indication that the article is not free? I didn't see any guidelines concerning paid / subscription articles in the FAQ.
Try googling the article name and opening it from the search results.
This worked for me, but only when I googled the exact article name. I had to open up the article (in "pay or else" mode), copy the title from there, paste that into Google, and then click on the same search result that had failed many times prior. It finally opened the article up for me.
What a mess! Thanks for the help though. :D
Re: New studies of the brain’s ability to decode words in loud situations
#30Wow. Good to know I'm not just going crazy. I score above average on hearing tests, being able to hear higher frequency tones even with 30, but I already have problems hearing someone talking into a direction away from me.
Yep, I've had this problem forever. Close relatives think I'm deaf before I can't understand them when there's a lot of ambient noise or they aren't speaking clearly, even though I can hear everything else just fine (and have always been very protective of my hearing). There's apparently no way I can convince them otherwise. In American culture, if you can't easily understand people speaking in a whisper in an extrem…
The article puts forth that an inability to distinguish conversation in a loud bar is hearing loss, so blaming American culture for your medical issue is a bit strange.