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  2. Noisemaker - Wikipedia

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    A noisemaker is something intended to make a loud noise, usually for fun. Instruments or devices commonly considered "noisemakers" include: pea whistles; air horns, composed of a pressurized air source coupled to a horn, designed to create an extremely loud noise; fireworks, such as firecrackers, bottle rockets, bang snaps and others

  3. Little Albert experiment - Wikipedia

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    Before the experiment, Albert was given a battery of baseline emotional tests: the infant was exposed, briefly and for the first time, to a white rat, a rabbit, a dog, a monkey, masks (with and without hair), cotton, wool, burning newspapers, and other stimuli. Albert showed no fear of any of these items during the baseline tests.

  4. Noise generator - Wikipedia

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    Zener diode based noise source. A noise generator is a circuit that produces electrical noise (i.e., a random signal). Noise generators are used to test signals for measuring noise figure, frequency response, and other parameters. Noise generators are also used for generating random numbers. [1]

  5. Deep Note - Wikipedia

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    In fall 1999, [6] THX released the trailer Broadway 2000 for use of the Dolby Digital Surround EX sound system. As a result, an entirely new Deep Note was made from scratch. In this version of the Deep Note, new voices were made using a similar process while voices from the previous version can be briefly hea

  6. Foxer - Wikipedia

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    The single noise-maker however would work effectively only if the torpedo was equally sensitive to sounds from both the front and rear. If a torpedo passed directly over the noise-maker from the rear the ship itself would be directly ahead, if the torpedo had a reduced sensitivity to noise from behind, it might ignore the greater output from ...

  7. Groan tube - Wikipedia

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    This is due to a noise maker in the tube that vibrates in the air as it falls, making the noise. [1] The groan tube was invented in the early 1960s by Japanese toy manufacturer Kureo. [2] [unreliable source?] The toy was first sold as 'Magic Noise Tube" (魔法音管). Mattel was the first company to sell the product in the United States in 1973.

  8. Phonophobia - Wikipedia

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    The sufferer becomes anxious to get away from the source of the loud sound and may get headaches. [1] It may also be related to, caused by, or confused with hyperacusis, extreme sensitivity to loud sounds. [5] Phonophobia also has been proposed to refer to an extreme form of misophonia. [6]

  9. Bullroarer - Wikipedia

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    Video of a bullroarer being swung to make a noise. A bullroarer consists of a weighted airfoil (a rectangular thin slat of wood about 15 to 60 centimetres (6 to 20 in) long and about 1.2 to 5 centimetres (0.5 to 2 in) wide) attached to a long cord. Typically, the wood slat is trimmed down to a sharp edge and serrations along the length of the ...