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Northwestern audiologist Jasleen Singh uses a prestigious new grant to research how self-fitted over-the-counter hearing aids might connect more people with care.
Chicago has quietly expanded the surveillance technology’s footprint—but it’s still disproportionately listening to Black and Brown communities.
Films that omit music and sound can be transformative, instructive, and all the more beautiful.
Chicago’s silent film accompanists deliver the music.
The maddening repetition of Philip Glass’s “Music Box” in 1992’s Candyman and its 2021 sequel