The latest edition of AudioFiles explores the art and science of sound. Our guests explain how sound helps us learn while we sleep, how sound works in the brain and the neuroscience behind how we hear.

We’ll also listen to unusual instruments – and find out how hearing loss can affect relationships. Musicians Hans Tammen and Cooper-Moore join us in the studio.

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Produced by: Michelle Bangert

Reporting by: Ian Chant, Rebecca Lee Douglas, Elizabeth Hagen

Hosted by: Rasmus Raun Westh

Editorial and Production Assistance: Rachel Dzanashvili and Frans Koster