Answer to Dictation 1
Wherever we look nowadays we see people wearing headphones or earbuds.
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Answer to Dictation 2
They are becoming increasingly popular with the younger generation.
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Answer to Dictation 3
Doctors and audiologists hearing specialists at audiology departments.
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Answer to Dictation 4
Many young people are finding it more and more difficult to process sounds.
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Answer to Dictation 5
The doctors say noise cancelling earphones could be the problem.
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Answer to Dictation 6
An increase in the number of young people complaining about poor hearing.
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Answer to Dictation 7
One important listening skill is to focus on and decide which sounds are helpful.
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Answer to Dictation 8
Our ears must filter out sounds we don't think are important.
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Answer to Dictation 9
We can forget to hear important sounds, like cars beeping.
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Answer to Dictation 10
Headphones may even cause problems in hearing spoken words.
See the noise-cancelling headphones lesson for the whole text.
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