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Bad Vibes: The search for the worst sound in the world

Trevor Cox · University of Salford

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Fingernails scraping down a blackboard, the scream of a baby, a mobile phone ringtone: whats the worst sound in the world? It may sound like torture, but BadVibes is a new science project that aims to find out just that. You will log on to the BadVibes website where you will listen to and vote on a collection of awful sounds.

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