Science Found a Trick to Help You Hear Better in Loud Bars

Montana is known for having bars on every single corner. When you go to said bar or even a restaurant the noise inside can almost be too much to handle. Here find yourself screaming at each other over the music and loud chatter. How many times have you had to say to a pal...just text me I can't hear you!

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Did you hit a bar or social setting this week that was so loud, you could barely hear your friends talk?  Here's something that might help next time . . .

Well, here's a trick to help you hear better in those super noisy bars.  A study found tapping your finger can help tune the background noise out.  Experts think the parts of our brain that deal with fine movement and sound are just a little too intertwined somehow.

A new study by ScienceAlert they found a simple trick can help you hear better when there's a lot of background noise.  Try tapping your finger. Researchers in France tested people's hearing by having them listen to someone talk but made it harder by adding a bunch background noise.

For some odd reason, they could pick out more words in each sentence when they were a tapping their finger.  It seemed to work better if they tapped along to a beat, or in a rhythm at their own pace. They think it just comes down to how our brains are wired.  The part that controls fine motor functions is somehow intertwined with the part that controls hearing.

They say tapping or moving to a melody can help your brain tune out all that background noise.  So, the next time you can't hear because the music and the people are just too darn too loud, try tapping your foot or those fingers to it and see if it helps. It may just hit that reset button in your brain.