Abstract
How does sound affect our humanity, our thought processes, and our culture? A review of the most pertinent of Walter J. Ong's book‐length works suggests that Ong's contributions to an appreciation and understanding of the role of sound in higher mental processes, and of the manner in which that role affects the human condition, may be heard as a revealing echo of that scholar's very personal search for “I. “ In a search for an author's voice, the author's oral “I”; may be a valuable key.

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