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loss and stereo
Listeners can also choose to disable stereo decoding on the receiver, though loss of the stereo pilot tone causes this to happen automatically.
When wearing stereo headphones, people with unilateral hearing loss can hear only one channel, hence only half of the components of the music, e. g., bass or piano, but not both ( although most modern recordings feature amplitude difference in instruments between the channels, rather than complete silence in one channel and full volume on the other, with respect to one specific instrument ).
Much of the risk of hearing loss is largely associated to the fact that many use headphones with the devices, and that they consider them personal devices instead of stereo system components.
Because these effects generate a mostly vertical component at the stylus, which corresponds to a difference signal in stereo reproduction, the incorporation of a high-pass filter operating only on the channel difference can be very effective in reducing rumble without loss of bass.
Note: Track 7 has only been re-issued on CD in mono, due to the loss of the stereo master tape.

loss and vision
Eyes and legs grow quickly, a tongue is formed, and all this is accompanied by associated changes in the neural networks ( development of stereoscopic vision, loss of the lateral line system, etc .).
Various scales have been developed to describe the extent of vision loss and define blindness.
By the 10th Revision of the WHO International Statistical Classification of Diseases, Injuries and Causes of Death, low vision is defined as visual acuity of less than 20 / 60 ( 6 / 18 ), but equal to or better than 20 / 200 ( 6 / 60 ), or corresponding visual field loss to less than 20 degrees, in the better eye with best possible correction.
* Cortical blindness, the total or partial loss of vision in a normal-appearing eye caused by damage to the visual area in the brain's occipital cortex
Less common side-effects may include cardiac arrhythmias, blurry or double vision and / or the temporary loss of blood cells or platelets and in rare cases can cause aplastic anemia.
Symptoms due to bleeding include loss of consciousness, sudden and severe headache, nausea, vomiting, incontinence, and blurred vision, amongst others.
In some double dapples, there are varying degrees of vision and hearing loss, including reduced or absent eyes.
Not all double dapples have problems with their eyes and / or ears, which may include degrees of hearing loss, full deafness, malformed ears, congenital eye defects, reduced or absent eyes, partial or full blindness, or varying degrees of both vision and hearing problems ; but heightened problems can occur due to the genetic process in which two dapple genes cross, particularly in certain breeding lines.
A number of other changes have also characterized the evolution of humans, among them an increased importance on vision rather than smell ; a smaller gut ; loss of body hair ; evolution of sweat glands ; a change in the shape of the dental arcade from being u-shaped to being parabolic ; development of a chin ( only found in Homo sapiens ), development of styloid processes ; development of a descended larynx.
He considered trying to resume his career as a goalkeeper but even he had to accept that the loss of binocular vision was an obvious barrier to maintaining his goalkeeping livelihood, and announced his retirement from playing on 8 August 1973.
In the 12th century, Peter Abelard ( 1079 – 1142 ) said that these infants suffered no material torment or positive punishment, just the pain of loss at being denied the beatific vision.
* loss of vision / hearing ;
Eyes and legs grow quickly, a tongue is formed, and all this is accompanied by associated changes in the neural networks ( development of stereoscopic vision, loss of the lateral line system, etc.
Optic neuritis is the inflammation of the optic nerve that may cause a complete or partial loss of vision.
Inflammation of the optic nerve causes loss of vision usually because of the swelling and destruction of the myelin sheath covering the optic nerve.
Major symptoms are sudden loss of vision ( partial or complete ), sudden blurred or " foggy " vision, and pain on movement of the affected eye.
In many cases, only one eye is affected and patients may not be aware of the loss of color vision until they are asked to close or cover the healthy eye.
Common impairments associated with neurologic conditions include impairments of vision, balance, ambulation, activities of daily living, movement, muscle strength and loss of functional independence.
Symptoms include weakness or paralysis, vision loss, impaired speech, and cognitive deterioration.
If untreated, it may lead to swelling of the optic disc in the eye, which can progress to vision loss.
Long-term untreated papilledema leads to visual loss, initially in the periphery but progressively towards the center of vision.
When severe, dryness of the cornea can lead to keratitis and loss of vision.
A TIA may cause sudden dimming or loss of vision ( amaurosis fugax ), aphasia, slurred speech and mental confusion.
The most frequent symptoms include temporary loss of vision ( typically amaurosis fugax ); difficulty speaking ( aphasia ); weakness on one side of the body ( hemiparesis ); and numbness or tingling ( paresthesia ), usually on one side of the body.

loss and was
The biggest loss, of course, was the individual's lessened desire and ability to give his services to the growth of his company and our economy.
What Mr. Kennedy, in fact, wrote was: `` It is the Department's view that no anti-trust enforcement considerations justify any loss of revenue of this proportion ''.
The weekly loss is partly counterbalanced by 500 arrivals each week from West Germany, but the hard truth, says Crossman, is that `` The closing off of East Berlin without interference from the West and with the use only of East German, as distinct from Russian, troops was a major Communist victory, which dealt West Berlin a deadly, possibly a fatal, blow.
`` It was a terrible loss to me '', said Kate quietly, feeling the pain twist again at the mention, knowing now that Juanita must have written to him at Grafton.
The loss in growth of sawtimber because of damage by destructive agencies in the United States in 1952 was estimated to be about 44 billion board feet.
About 45 percent of the loss in growth was attributable to disease, 20 percent to insects, 17 percent to fire, and 18 percent to weather, animals, and various other causes.
It was shown that by proper anode design the net energy loss of the arc to the anode could be reduced to approximately 15% of the total arc energy.
The radiation loss from the anode surface was computed according to Af where Af is the mean of the fourth powers of the temperatures Af and Af calculated analogously to equation ( 1 ).
They apologized for the condition, including dirt and flies, and I was a little at a loss to know what to say.
The big, 22-year-old shortstop, the 1960 American league `` rookie-of-the-year '', flew here late this afternoon from Baltimore, signed his contract for an estimated $15,000 and was a spectator at tonight's 5-to-3 loss to Kansas City -- the winless Birds' sixth setback in a row.
-- Held out of Texas Tech's sweat-suits drill Monday at Lubbock was tackle Richard Stafford, who is undergoing treatment for a leg injury suffered in the Raiders' 38-7 loss to Texas A & M Because of its important game with Arkansas coming up Saturday, Baylor worked out in the rain Monday -- mud or no mud.
Turk Lown was tagged with the loss, his second against no victories, while Ray Moore won his second game against a single loss.
Five came up while Owen was listening to The Wrangler and he neglected to play, a loss of ten dollars.
She was limp and beaten from her loss ; ;
What she felt was a bone-deep loss with a sense of waste to it, not so much sorrow for handsome, ambitious Bobbie, but for the lost years that had been brought into high relief by his death.
With the loss of the study of ancient Greek in the early medieval Latin West, Aristotle was practically unknown there from c. AD 600 to c. 1100 except through the Latin translation of the Organon made by Boethius.
Davis believed the loss of Johnston " was the turning point of our fate ".
The Bohr model of the atom fixed the problem of energy loss from radiation from a ground state ( by declaring that there was no state below this ), and more importantly explained the origin of spectral lines.
" More serious than the destruction of the Gothic army ," writes Herwig Wolfram, " than the loss of both Aquitanian provinces and the capital of Toulose, was the death of the king.
* The single verse, 2 Samuel 18: 33, regarding David's grief at the loss of his son (" And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom!
In 1947, British rule in the South Asia was replaced by the sovereign, independent nations of India, Pakistan and later Bangladesh, resulting in the migration of millions people and significant loss of life and property.
The most serious consequence of this battle was not the loss of their possessions in Gaul to the Franks ; with Ostrogothic help, much of the Gallic territory was recovered, Herwig Wolfram notes, perhaps as far as Toulouse.
Nor was it the loss of the royal treasury at Toulouse, which Gregory of Tours writes Clovis took into his possession.

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