Speech and Hearing

Speech and Hearing For ancient man, speech and hearing were just simple happenings, but many discoveries have been made in present times that have shown the extent to which these powers of speech and hearing are a great blessing of God—unique gifts that can induce oceans of gratitude for the benefactor. The uniqueness of this blessing is illustrated by an experiment once carried out by a scientist. He took a glass bulb, put an electric bell inside, and sealed its mouth. He then extracted all the air from inside the bulb. The bell switch was outside the glass, and when the switch was turned on, one could see the bell ringing, but no sound could be heard. Such experiments show that when a person hears the voice, it is by natural transmission. The voice coming out of a person’s lips creates waves in the air. These waves travel and reach another person’s ear, then that person hears and understands these sound waves as meaningful words through a highly complex hearing system. There are a number of provisions in nature that facilitate this unique system of speech and hearing. One who knows these modern discoveries of science can have such a deep feeling for his benefactor as was not possible for the man born in the pre-scientific age.