Tasters
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David Lodge - "Deaf Sentence", a novel. A novel about a marginally deaf professor and the problems he gets into trying to hear. Entertaining and educational with a serious side. |
Link to Amazon
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Link to Guardian
The Guardian newspaper has also taken issue with the noise problem under the by-line "Who wants a din with their dinner?"
A personal experience - enjoying the the café in Exbury Gardens with a friend we experienced a visit by a "crocodile" of schoolchildren. Far from being noisy on their arrival, the noise level actually dropped considerably. They were all wearing outdoor coats (being Winter time) and had been encouraged not to shout to each other. The teacher only had to address them in a normal speaking voice.
This is an example of dealing with the Lombard Effect..
This is an example of dealing with the Lombard Effect..
