Monaural testing evaluates one ear at a time, helping audiologists pinpoint hearing differences between ears with tests like pure-tone audiometry and tympanometry.
The ozone hole is slowly healing thanks to global action, but climate change and volcanic eruptions are adding new wrinkles to an otherwise encouraging recovery story.
Equatorial Africa has a tropical rainforest climate with year-round heat, high humidity, and heavy rainfall that sustains the Congo Basin's dense forests.