Scientists call this challenge the "cocktail party problem," and it can be especially difficult for people with hearing ... cocktail-party guests who are standing close together and speaking ...

Drinking decorum has been discussed in cocktail ... other people’s parties!” To handle a messy guest: “Your object, whenever a drunken guest begins to annoy the rest of the party, is ...

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It's the perennial "cocktail party problem" - standing in a room full of people, drink in hand, trying to hear what your fellow guest is saying. In fact, human beings are remarkably adept at ...

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