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by lapetitejort 578 days ago
I would like to learn the skill to dodge harmful prolonged sound waves. A technique similar to the safety squint, but with your ears?
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The equivalent of safety squints for your hearing would be conscious control of the tensor tympanic muscle. As with safety squints, I don't think there has been much study on the effectiveness.

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