Guidelines of the Control of Noise Exposure when Hearing Conservation Recommendations, Based on Detailed Octave-Band Data are not Available…
You can also reduce the risk of getting tinnitus by reducing the intensity of exposure. Either turning the volume down yourself can do this, or if you don’t have control of the volume, then you can wear…
Virginia Heffernan’s article, “Against Headphones,” argues that headphones are bad and have been making people start to go deaf. Although Heffernan believes headphones are a problem, they can actually be beneficial to those using them. While working out listening to music helps them to focus in working out and without headphones a lot of companies would be out of business. Working out with headphones and music could help.…
It is better to put a soundproof enclosure around a noisy machine than to expect everyone who might be exposed to the machine's noise to wear hearing protection for example compressors.…
The doctors say, “Young people listening to high volume noise over 85 decibels for more than an hour, without giving their ears any rest could damage their hair cells.” Doctors also say, “If these young people listen over 89 decibels they could possibly lose their hearing within 5 years, but the biggest concern is that people might lose their ability to categorise consonants under…
Head injuries, allergies, measles, mumps, exposure to excessive or prolonged noise, down syndrome, frequent colds, and ear infections.…
If you're bothered by noises in one or both ears that sound like ringing, tones, clicks, buzzing, or whooshing, you should have your hearing tested. If you have hearing loss, a hearing aid could not only improve your ability to hear conversations, it could be an effective way to manage the annoying sounds you constantly hear, especially at night when it's quiet. Even if you don't have hearing loss, a hearing aid designed to deliver sound therapy may still help since it will distract you from the annoying sounds that cause you to stay tense and…
And noise that is potentially dangerous to an adult is even more dangerous to a child because a young child’s ear canal is much smaller than an older child’s or an adult’s, the sound pressure entering the ear is greater. An infant might perceive a sound as 20 decibels louder than an older child or an adult. The shorter length of the ear canal increases dangerous noise levels in the higher frequencies, which are crucial to language development.…
deaf school can be private or state schools. All the students in the school are deaf…
Ears (earache or other ear pain, history of ear infections, discharge from ears, history of surgery, difficulty hearing, environmental noise exposure, vertigo, medications):…
When children begin to loose their hearing, it is most likely due to an inflammation or infection within the ear that eventually could cause the eardrum, bones, or nerves to be permanently damaged. Because children learn speech and language by listening to the world around them, it is crucial that an audiologist or speech-language pathologist catch a hearing loss early…
2. Every individual has a fairly high risk of hearing loss; one of the main reasons is excessive noise. Things like fireworks, noisy toys, head phones and power tools are all part of the excessive noise causing people the sense of hearing, most of which can be preventable. For example, if you have head phones on you can keep the volume below 4, or if you are working with power tool such as a chain saw you can wear ear earplugs. Another way you can prevent excessive noise from affecting your hearing is by reducing the amount of time you are exposing the noise to your…
Simply by listening through ear phones to specially filtered music and stories, the child’s auditory processing system enhanced. The program is valuable for a child’s development, just as physical movement, spinning, swinging and co-ordination skills are important. Sound Therapy is like exercise for the ear and the auditory processing and sensory integration centres in the brain.…
I knew I would not have to engage in conversation, and I knew no one would assume anything negative about me, but I felt nervous not hearing my surroundings. I never realized how heavily I rely on hearing to observe and keep track of occurrences in my surroundings. If the earplugs worked better, I would not know if another patron walked up behind me. I would not know if someone asked me a question, or warned me about something, and the thought made me uneasy. It makes me wonder if Deaf people frequently look over their shoulders or worry when they walk alone in the…
Now you’re probably thinking that SleepPhones® sound like a great idea but what about hygiene? Surely a fabric band wrapped around the head every night will get grimy from sweat, hair and dander in no time. And any attempts to clean it could damage the electronics, right?…