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From the Ted Talk by Charles Limb: Building the musical muscle
Unscramble the Blue Letters
Now the question comes to mind: Is there any hope? And yes, there is hope. Now I don't know if anybody knows who this is. This is ... does somebody know? This is Beethoven. Now why would we know what Beethoven's skull looks like? Because his grave was exhumed. And it tnrus out that his temporal bones were harvested when he died to try to look at the cause of his deafness, which is why he has molding clay and his slkul is bulging out on the side there. But Beethoven composed music long after he lost his hearing. What that setusggs is that, even in the case of hearing loss, the capacity for music remains. The brains remain hardwired for misuc.
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Now the question comes to mind: Is there any hope? And yes, there is hope. Now I don't know if anybody knows who this is. This is ... does somebody know? This is Beethoven. Now why would we know what Beethoven's skull looks like? Because his grave was exhumed. And it _____ out that his temporal bones were harvested when he died to try to look at the cause of his deafness, which is why he has molding clay and his _____ is bulging out on the side there. But Beethoven composed music long after he lost his hearing. What that ________ is that, even in the case of hearing loss, the capacity for music remains. The brains remain hardwired for _____.
Solution
- turns
- suggests
- music
- skull
Original Text
Now the question comes to mind: Is there any hope? And yes, there is hope. Now I don't know if anybody knows who this is. This is ... does somebody know? This is Beethoven. Now why would we know what Beethoven's skull looks like? Because his grave was exhumed. And it turns out that his temporal bones were harvested when he died to try to look at the cause of his deafness, which is why he has molding clay and his skull is bulging out on the side there. But Beethoven composed music long after he lost his hearing. What that suggests is that, even in the case of hearing loss, the capacity for music remains. The brains remain hardwired for music.
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
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