Word: otologist
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...cannot be correlated to noise. Dr. Alan Carpenter, Cambridge University psychologist, reports on an experiment in which a factory soundproofed some of its perforating machines and found that production rose on all of them. For the employees, apparently, it was enough that some attention was being given to them. Otologist Glorig found in other experiments that factory employees made more mistakes both when noise was turned on and when it was turned off. Continuous music has been found to make cows give more milk, and to combat tedium and raise production in offices and factories. Muzak, a leading piper...