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scldyesterday at 8:06 PM3 repliesview on HN

On the otherhand, your own brain probably doesn't use your eyes to hear.


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vasilvvyesterday at 9:21 PM

Counterintuitively, seeing things can alter the perception of individual sounds you're hearing:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McGurk_effect

nvme0n1p1yesterday at 8:13 PM

You don't think reading lips helps you understand people?

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alightsoulyesterday at 8:12 PM

You could if you do lip reading