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A music movie worth watching: Sound of Metal

December 9, 2020December 9, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Deafness, Hearing, Sound of Metal

What if your whole life was music and you suddenly went deaf? How would you deal with it? That’s the

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Music News 

Random music news for Thursday, December 20, 2019

December 20, 2018December 20, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, Ataris, Baby It's Cold Outside, BTS, Cannibal Corpse, Copyright, Deafness, Facebook, Hearing Problems, Hyundai, iPhone, Jimmy Page, K-Pop, Kris Roe, Liam Gallagher, Lil John, Mariah Carey, Music Business, Noel Gallagher, Pat O'Brien, Robbie Williams

Last day of fall. Winter is coming. Beyond that, here’s what I have for music news on December 20., 2018.

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Medical Mysteries of Music 

Don’t protect your hearing against loud music? This could be the ultimate cautionary tale

April 26, 2018April 26, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Beatles, Deafness, George Martin, Giles Martin, Hearing

If you don’t think you need to protect your ears from overly loud music at concerts or through headphones, give

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Medical Mysteries of Music 

What It’s Like to Hear with Cochlear Implants

November 26, 2017November 26, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Cochlear Implants, Deafness, Hearing

Cochlear implants can allow deaf people to hear, but they can never (at least not yet) replicate what a person

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Medical Mysteries of Music 

A Deaf Person Explains Their Relationship with Music

November 5, 2017November 4, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Cochlear Implants, Deafness

What happens when a deaf person receives a cochlear implant gains at least partial hearing? What is their relationship to

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Medical Mysteries of Music 

Is Everything We Know About Loud Music and Hearing Loss Wrong?

October 31, 2017October 29, 2017 Alan Cross 1 Comment Deafness, Hearing Loss, Loud Music

The sky is blue. The sun rises in the east. My bull terriers think they’re lap dogs. These are undeniable

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Music News 

Random Music News for Tuesday, February 7, 2017

February 7, 2017February 7, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Beatles, David Axelrod, Deafness, Drake, Gene Therapy, Grammys, James Teej, John Lennon, Lady Gaga, Nuns, Paul McCartney, Queen Elizabeth, RIP, Sex Pistols, Toronto

On this day in 1997, Steve Jobs’ NeXT Computers merges with Apple. That worked out okay, didn’t it? Here’s the

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Medical Mysteries of Music 

War-Related PTSD is Bad, But So Is Hearing Loss

August 31, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Deafness, Hearing Loss, PTSD, Tinnitus

A couple of years ago on a trek through Vietnam, I chanced upon a firing range where for a buck

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Music News
Music News 

Random Music News for Saturday, May 21, 2016

May 21, 2016May 20, 2016 Alan Cross 1 Comment Axl Rose, Capitol Records, Deafness, Eagles of Death Metal, iHeartRadio, Puddle of Mudd, Pussy Riot, Radio

Remember Harold Camping? He was the religious nut who said that the world was going to end on this day

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Music News 

A Plea for Music Fans to Protect Their Hearing

March 19, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Deafness, Hearing Loss, Music, Tinnitus

If you still think it’s cool to expose yourself to loud music without any sort of protection, read this from

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Medical Mysteries of Music 

How to Listen to Music When You Really Can’t Hear

March 14, 2016 Alan Cross 1 Comment Cochlea Implants, Deafness, Hearing

Mother Jones magazine has a great article on what music can mean to the deaf and those who have difficulty

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