Listen



site index

This page contains links to all of the content of the Listen Web site.
As of October 6, 2006: This page still under construction


Jump to content lists for the main sections of this Web site:
* At the Museum
* Listening Guides
* Online Activities

Jump to content lists for these different types of content available on this Web site:
* Jump to Transcripts
* Jump to Subtitled Movies
* Jump to Downloadable Materials
   - .mov , Quicktime movies
  - .mp3 , Audio files
   - Printable Materials , (.pdf | .doc | .rtf)
* Jump to Interactive games
* Accessible Content


* Jump to Having Trouble?
* Jump to Contact Information
* Jump to Exploratorium Links


This site address is: http://www.exploratorium.edu/listen




The Main sections of this Web site
At the Museum

* What's at the museum? Page 1 | Page 2
* About the exhibition: Sneak a peek
* Public programs: What's going on?
   - Full list of upcoming public programs
  Archived Public Programs
       - The Sonic Series | Sonic Series Full | Pauline Oliveros | You Won't Believe Your Ears

* Come to the exhibition: Visiting Information
    - Exploratorium Hours and Admissions
    - Directions to the Exploratorium
    - Visiting the Exploratorium

* Contributors: People who made Listen possible
   - Full list of contributors





Listening Guides

* Doniga Markegard, wildlife tracker
* Dean Hudson, acoustic navigator
* Bart Hopkin, experimental instrument builder
* Lisa Miller, auto mechanic
* Michael Chorost, electronic listener






* Doniga Markegard, wildlife tracker
    - Introduction
    - Video
    - Subtitled Video
    - More about Doniga
    - Related Links
    - Download Videos:     no subtitles | subtitles

Activities Related to Listening to nature
See how well you can distinguish bird calls.
Listen for the quietest sound - and let us know what you found.
    - Listen for the quietest sound
   - Listening Tips
   - Download Listening Tips page
    - Downloadable Materials for Listening Tips : .pdf | .doc | .rtf

   - Share your findings
   - Gallery of Quiet Sounds
Listening Tools
    - Listening Tips
    - Quiet Your Mind
    - Go Beyond Names
    - Notice Your Noise
    - Walk Like a Fox





*
Dean Hudson, acoustic navigator
    - Introduction
    - Video
    - Subtitled Video
    - More about Dean
    - Related Links
    - Download Videos:     no subtitles | subtitles

Activities Related to Listening to get around
Audio Pong
Listening Memory Game
Build a Soundscape
    - Build a Beach Soundscape
    - Build a Train Station Soundscape
    - Available in November 2006: Build a Café Soundscape
Blindfolded Walk
    - Downloadable Materials for Blindfolded Walk : .pdf | .doc | .rtf
Find that Sound
    - Downloadable Materials for Find that Sound : .pdf | .doc | .rtf





*
Bart Hopkin, experimental instrument builder
    - Introduction
    - Video
    - Subtitled Video
    - More about Bart
    - Related Links
    - Download Videos:     no subtitles | subtitles

Activities Related to Listening to make music
See new musical instruments in action
Build your own instrument!
    - Downloadable Materials for Build your own Instrument: Make a Membranophone : .pdf | .doc | .rtf
Listening Memory Game





*
Lisa Miller, auto mechanic
    - Introduction
    - Video
    - Subtitled Video
    - More about Lisa
    - Related Links
    - Download Videos:     no subtitles | subtitles

Activities Related to Listening to solve problems
Available November 2006:  Can you identify these troubling car sounds?
Available November 2006:  Car Stories: Weirdest sounds ever
Sound Bite
    - Downloadable Materials for Sound Bite : .pdf | .doc | .rtf





*
Michael Chorost, electronic listener
    - Introduction
    - Video
    - Subtitled Video
    - More about Michael
    - Related Links
    - Download Videos:     no subtitles | subtitles

Activities Related to Listening electronically
Interview with cochlear-implant user Michael Chorost and a leading cochlear implant surgeon
    - Download this interview : .mp3
An X-ray of Michael's cochlear implant
Available November 2006: Animation of how the cochlea works
Available November 2006: Video of cochear implant insertion
Available November 2006: Color a cochlea
Some of Michael Chorost's Writings
The cochlear implant controversy







Online Activities



* Try Online
* Watch and Listen

* Practice in the World
* More about Listening
* Do and Share





Try Online
Can you distinguish between these different birdcalls?
Audio Pong
Listening Memory Game (12 games available)
Build a Soundscape  
    - Build a Beach Soundscape
    - Build a Train Station Soundscape
    - Available in November 2006: Build a Café Soundscape
Sound Puzzles (8 games available)




Watch and Listen


Doniga Markegard, wildlife tracker
    - Watch online.
Download Quicktime.

Dean Hudson, acoustic navigator
     - Watch online.   Download Quicktime.

Bart Hopkin, experimental instrument builder
 
   - Watch online.    Download Quicktime.

Lisa Miller, car mechanic  
    - Watch online.
   Download Quicktime.

Michael Chorost, electronic listener 
    - Watch online.    Download Quicktime.

Interview with Michael Chorost and the surgeon who gave him his cochlear implant 
    - Watch online.   Download .mp3 (20MB) .

See new musical instruments in action 
    - Watch online.

The Bell Project Blog 


Available November 2006: Animation of how the cochlea works
Available November 2006: Video of cochear implant insertion
Available November 2006: Can you identify these troubling car sounds?
Available November 2006: Car Stories: Weirdest sounds ever





Practice in the World

Listen to the Softest Sound
    - Downloadable Materials for Listening Tips : .pdf | .doc | .rtf
Blindfolded Walk
    - Downloadable Materials for Blindfolded Walk : .pdf | .doc | .rtf
Find that Sound
    - Downloadable Materials for Find that Sound : .pdf | .doc | .rtf
Build your own instrument!
    - Downloadable Materials for Build your own Instrument: Make a Membranophone : .pdf | .doc | .rtf
Sound Bite
    - Downloadable Materials for Sound Bite : .pdf | .doc | .rtf
Color the cochlea—the part of your ear where physics, biology, and psychology meet
      - Available in November 2006






More about Listening
* Physics of sound
* How we hear (Ear physiology: Pinnae to auditory cortex)
* Sounds
* Music
* More Information about our Listening Guides






Do and Share

Listen for the Softest Sound
Available December 2006 : How has your listening changed?









Downloadable Materials




Quicktime Movies

Doniga Markegard, wildlife tracker
    -
Download Quicktime video, no subtitles.

Dean Hudson, acoustic navigator
     - Download Quicktime video, no subtitles.

Bart Hopkin, experimental instrument builder
    -
Download Quicktime video, no subtitles.

Lisa Miller, car mechanic 
    -
Download Quicktime video, no subtitles.

Michael Chorost, electronic listener 
    -
Download Quicktime video, no subtitles.






MP3

Interview with Michael Chorost and the surgeon who gave him his cochlear implant 
    -
Download .mp3 (20MB) .





*
Accessible Content



Transcripts
Available in November 2006





Subtitled Quicktime Movies (.mov)
    * Doniga Markegard
    * Dean Hudson
    * Bart Hopkin
    * Lisa Miller
    * Michael Chorost



  


Printable Materials


Listen to the Softest Sound
   - Downloadable Materials for Listening Tips : .pdf | .doc | .rtf
Blindfolded Walk
    - Downloadable Materials for Blindfolded Walk : .pdf | .doc | .rtf
Find that Sound
    - Downloadable Materials for Find that Sound : .pdf | .doc | .rtf
Build your own instrument!
    - Downloadable Materials for Build your own Instrument: Make a Membranophone : .pdf | .doc | .rtf
Sound Bite
    - Downloadable Materials for Sound Bite : .pdf | .doc | .rtf
Color the cochlea—the part of your ear where physics, biology, and psychology meet
     - Available in November 2006







Interactive games


Audio Pong
Listening Memory Game (12 games available)
Build a Soundscape  
    - Build a Beach Soundscape
    - Build a Train Station Soundscape
    - Available in November 2006: Build a Café Soundscape
Sound Puzzles (8 games available)







Having Trouble?

Having Trouble, menu
Having Trouble, full page




Contact Information
Please direct comments and feedback to:
listen_feedback at exploratorium dot edu .

Exploratorium Contact Information
Contributors to the Listen:Making Sense of Sound project






Exploratorium Links


- About
- Donations
- Membership
- Privacy Policy
- Use Policy
- Contact
- Directions