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A centuries-old caroling tradition takes place during Christmas and New Year's in a small Newfoundland outport.

Four centuries ago... did people listen in a different way than we do now? How different were the sounds that they heard? And can we tune into their auditory world?

Hearing, the first of our senses to develop in the womb, is also the most recent of our senses to appear in evolutionary terms.