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The Rest Is Silence by Brian Calvert (Unfictional, KCRW, 2013) Amanda McDonough has had hearing problems all her life. She wore hearing aids and hid the fact from everyone she knew. Mostly she got by, until she made a decision that changed everything. Signal To Noise by Paolo Pietropaolo (In The Dark, 2011) What happens when you work with sound everyday — listening to it, recording it, manipulating it — and then one day, one of those sounds sticks around for good? Radio producer Paolo Pietropaolo decided to listen carefully to his tinnitus — a chronic ringing in his ears — in hopes of decoding its mysterious message. 5-7-5 by Flo Neve (Re:sound debut, 2013) After Leslie lost his ability to enjoy music, he was able to find joy in peaceful places and haikus — short poems of 17 syllables — that he considers his 'zone of tranquility'. The Extractor by Jonathan Mitchell (The Truth, 2014) The sounds we make don't just fade away; they're embedded in the wood around us. Photo Ky Olsen See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.