Machine Learning Tool Predicts a Child’s Cisplatin-Induced Hearing Loss Risk
This tool allows doctors to tailor interventions like hearing monitoring or STS use based on each child's specific risk of cisplatin-induced hearing loss.
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WHO Releases New Safe Listening Standard
The Global Standard for Safe Listening at Venues and Events highlights six recommendations for implementation to ensure that venues and events limit the risk of hearing loss to their patrons while preserving high-quality sound and an enjoyable listening experience.
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Tips for ‘Retraining’ the Brain For Musicians
After over a year away from typical concert volume levels, the hearing of band members and sound engineers has “adjusted to a controlled listening lifestyle.” This means that “getting the band back together” will require some extra care when it comes to the ears.
IAC Acoustics Launches Noishield Continuline Sound Barrier
The Noishield Sound Barrier System is a line of exterior barriers designed with acoustical components to help protect communities from noisy equipment.
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Standards for “Safe Listening”: Past, Present, and Future
A global perspective on the challenges of hearing loss prevention and regulation.
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University of Michigan Researchers Find Hearing Health Education Could Help Farm Youth
A study by the U-M School of Nursing found that incorporating hearing health education into an existing safety program increased the knowledge and attitude of hearing conservation practices among farm youths.
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ASHA Offers Safety Tips for July 4th Holiday
Many traditional Fourth of July festivities can reach potentially dangerous noise levels. Fireworks and firecrackers can be as loud as 150 decibels—louder than a jackhammer or jet plane takeoff. Safe listening levels are generally 75–80 decibels.
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ASHA Issues Warning About Long-Range Acoustic Devices
This level of sound surpasses the average auditory threshold of pain and greatly exceeds the volume of a jet engine taking off. Exposure at this level is capable of causing not only permanent hearing loss but also migraine, balance, and other auditory symptoms, according to a statement issued by ASHA.
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Rafi Nova Launches Clear-Panel ‘Smile Mask’
The mask has a wide transparent panel and ear-loop extenders that can attach comfortably to accommodate hearing aids or cochlear implants.
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‘Repetitive Negative Thinking’ May Be Related to Cognitive Decline
The researchers found that people who exhibited higher RNT patterns experienced more cognitive decline over a four-year period, and declines in memory (which is among the earlier signs of Alzheimer’s disease), and they were more likely to have amyloid and tau deposits in their brain.
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‘NY Times’ Article Discusses Kid’s Headphone Use, Hearing Protection
Experts also say that relying on headphones that tout they are capped at a “safe level” of 85 decibels can be misleading, because damage can occur with repeated or constant exposure.
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Former Police Officer May Be Entitled to Worker’s Comp for Hearing Loss from Job Duties
Jared Spangler alleges that exposure to loud noises like sirens and gunshots in his radio earpiece exacerbated his hearing loss, as shown by a series of hearing tests he received annually.
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ASHA Announces’Communication at Work’ Theme for Better Hearing & Speech Month
The campaign will address some unique challenges associated with speech, language, swallowing, and hearing disorders in the current environment.
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NIOSH and Partners Announce 2020 Safe-in-Sound Excellence in Hearing Loss Prevention Award
The Acoustics Sub-Working Group for the International Space Station, led by co-chairs Dick Danielson and Chris Allen, wins the innovation award for identifying the unique risk facing crew-members and developing solutions for reducing noise exposure.
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Measuring Peak Noise Exposure…While Outrunning the Cops
The peak sound pressure really has no value in the estimation of the sound exposure dose whether this is music, industrial noise, or recreational noise.
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‘Chemical Earmuffs’ Developed by Researchers Could Prevent Hearing Loss
Once you start to lose your hearing, you can’t get it back. But what if you could prevent...
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Ohio Bill Would Allow Motorcyclists to Wear Protective Earplugs
A new bill on its way to the governor’s office in Ohio would allow motorcyclists to wear...
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Letter: Concerns on “Competing in a New Era of Hearing Healthcare” from Dr Kim Cavitt
Dr Kim Cavitt voices concerns about ideas in a November Hearing Review article that she says could be problematic for hearing care professionals relative to insurers, scope of practice, and medical costs. The authors, Drs Robert Traynor and Jay Hall, respond.
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