headphones

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In the Resilience Department, visitors can don headphones to listen to sounds recorded by Canada-based artist Margüi during an epileptic seizure for a piece titled “Unbreakable.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

Making it tougher still is sound bleed from a film detailing the 1781 British conquest of the island, a problem that headphones could solve.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

Ditching your headphones to hear the birds sing.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

"Decide, decide, decide, decide / Do I? Do I? Do I? Do I?" he screams, his voice spinning around your headphones like intrusive thoughts.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

“Good-bye already,” says Nadia, putting her headphones back on.

From "Invisible Inkling" by Emily Jenkins