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Amusia is such a great word. And I have a friend who will be very happy to know that tone deafness is a real neurogenetic condition!

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I was surprised to learn that tone deafness is probably hereditary -- maybe they also have other tone deaf family members!

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a year late but i’m tone deaf and trying to learn mandarin. the tone is definitely a headache for me. i dont hav etrouble with the hanzi or the grammar so far, just the tones

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