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Publication: The Washington Post

Date: 2008-02-12 00:00:00

Laura Toll's got blue plugs for left ears and red plugs for right ears. But don't think this is about politics. The plugs are for hearing tests.

A 24-year-old audiology student at Towson University in Baltimore County, Toll is spending a lot of time on campus, working on her doctoral thesis. She's trying to find a less painful head device for testing children with hearing problems. She's probing pressure -- just how much can people stand?

It's a question that could be asked of a political campaign.

Toll is sympathetic to Democrats. But she ...

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