Study: Blacks Hear Better Than Whites [View All]

Study: Blacks Hear Better Than Whites

POSTED: 1:31 am EDT June 16, 2006

ATLANTA -- A government study says black adults hear better than white adults.

The study also found that women hear better than men, and that overall, hearing in the United States is about the same as it was 35 years ago. That's despite the advent of ear-blasting devices such as the Walkman and the iPod.

Previous research reached similar findings about racial and sex differences. But experts say the new study is the largest national sample to report such a finding.

The racial difference may be related to melanin, a skin pigment.

A researcher said some scientists believe black people's larger amounts of melanin protect them from noise-induced hearing loss as the years go by.

http://www.local6.com/health/9380201/detail.html

I'd say. Blacks have been hearing racist crap from whites all these years who swear they didn't hear a thing. Sometimes, ya just gotta listen...