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As you enter your Grandma Thorndike's house you ears being to hurt as you notice she is once again playing her favorite "Contry Music" album. You soon get caught up in the christmas festivities...talking with family..eating...and playing psychological trivia. The doorbell rings and you cousing John walks in. He whispers in you ear, "Hey, what's up with this music, is grandma trying to kill us with ear poison? Giving John a blank stare, you say, "What do you mean?". Explain the psychological phenomenon that has just occured here. Why are you no longer hearing the music?
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