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Nina Kraus explores how sound shapes the brain and our lives. She shows how what we hear shapes how we think. It also shapes how we feel and move. Nerve cells process sound within milliseconds—thousandths of a second. The book presents hearing as our fastest sense.

This nonfiction book looks at the science of daily sound. Kraus looks at how music can heal and noise can harm. She explores what happens when we use a foreign language. She also looks at speech disorders and rhythm. Other topics are birdsong and concussion. She shows how the sounds we meet leave lasting marks on us.