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Computer Game Improves Children's Hearing
wiredbeat2000 writes "The BBC is running a story that claims children who play video games increase their hearing skills. There have been several studies over the last few months extolling the virtues of games and education. For example, Wired News ran a roundup of college programs, and USA Today published a recent story on Daphne Bavelier's findings that playing games could help children develop hand-eye coordination, in addition to Professor James Gee's Slashdot-covered video transcript and article on 'games that teach'." Things have come a long way since the time when schoolkids were dumped in front of a computer and left to play Oregon Trail.
...Increased computer playing leads to fewer dates. Why don't they spend their money on a cure for this?
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yeah i find i can circle strafe so much faster after learning 10 WASD first person shooters =P
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You can carry 100 pounds back to your wagon.
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...but since I played video games with the TV volume so loud in just negated the effects.
Argh, all the news lately have been one day late... May be we should call it 'Slashdot, olds for Nerds, Stuff that mutters'
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A simple computer game can dramatically improve children's listening skills by teaching them to distinguish between sounds, new research suggests.
The game is said to boost children's hearing by the equivalent of two years in just a few weeks.
Phonomena was devised by Professor David Moore at Oxford University as an aid for children with language problems.
Which is countered in the teenage years by listening to loud heavy metal music.
children who play video games increase their hearing skills.
Just what we need, an entire generation of audio-philes who extol the value of gold plated, 3 inch thick monster cables and $4000 Blaupunkt stereo recievers.
After six hours playing Duke Nukem Forever earlier today, I can conclude that - while very relaxing - the sound of silence did nothing to improve my hearing...
I remember when I used to be in Smile we would occasionally play different games other than tribes. One night, we were playing the raven shield demo and toying around with the different weapons.
Now, truth be told, all of us had our sound maxed out; you have to have it, the slightest sound can be the determining factor of weither you kill or get killed, no music allowed. Unfortunatly, one of the guys had a 5.1 surround sound system in his room cranked to the max (who I will refer to as "billy".). There was also another guy I was playing with whom I will call "Kiddy".
So, there I was, the match on the prison level just started, and I decided to throw a frag grenaide, max power, up at 45 degree angle to see how far it'd go. So I throw it, watch as the projectile moves off into the distance, then I hear this little pop.
About a half a second later over Teamspeak2 I hear another boom, considerably louder, fallowed by a "Ahh! HOOOLY SHIT!!!".
Of course, "kiddy" asked "what was it" and "billy" said "fuck, a grenaide blew up right next to my fucking head, arrgh". Subsequently, "Billy" was going up a flight of stairs, and the nade hit the upper platform right next to his head.
After that I heard something that made both of us laugh our asses off; "Brb guys, got to change my pants".
It's understandable; you've had a bit too much beer, don't want to goto the bathroom becuase of the addiction of the game, and at the beginning of the map you don't expect a nade to explode right next to your head, a minute 4 or 5 seconds after it started.
Of course, up until the point I left smile, "billy" never heard the end of it, hehee. >:)
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So that's why I'm deaf...
:-)
my parents didn't buy me enough video games!
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Was I the only one that would leave dumb ass messages on my tomb stone so that other students in the computer lab would see them later?
Yes. Of the millions of children who have played Oregon Trail in school, including probably several hundred today still playing on ancient, creaky old Apple II's, you are the only one to leave so-called "Humourous" messages.
Damn, I wish I'd thought of that. My hat is off to you, Mao Che Minh. You truly are one of the cleverest children around.
They seem unable to hear the phrase "8 straight hours of Bomberman is enough, its time for bed", no matter how loud I yell it.
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Here is a funny list of things that you might learn from video games if you are an alien
That they are not playing them loud enough. I played Silent Hill 3 a week ago and I still can't hear any sound over 10,000 Hz.
Don't worry about me, though. I broke out my Mark Lanegan CDs. It's gonna be okay.
Hey freaks: now you're ju
In other news...
It has been discovered today by an Australian researcher that increased computer playing leads to upto a 700% increase in selective hearing.
Whilst the male computer user is in this trance, all words spoken to him by a female will be totally ignored. This was tested using over 100 different phrases, including:
"Get off that damned computer"
"Take the garbage out"
"Dinner is ready"
If phrases were uttered repeatedly, the male would grunt in recognition in order to silence them, though would not be able to recall later what had been said.
TV watching males also exhibited similar behaviour.
But my hand-eye coordination and hearing are off the hook!
And to think, my parents thought video games would never get me anywhere in life.
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