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Apple has released the results of a hearing health study

A couple of years ago, Apple announced a new initiative called Research, an app that collected data about health collected

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

As much as I love loud music, I hate that feeling the next day where your hearing is dulled and

Before the Sony Walkman came along in 1979, headphone listening was limited to when you could be wired to your

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

Some people are just better at hearing conversations no matter how noisy the party might be. But why? It could

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

Anyone who wears contact lenses knows that it’s important to let those eyeballs breath. But what about your ears? What

There’s been a strong response to a recent post about a McMaster University study that pointed towards an alarming increase

You can’t spend all day and a chunk of the night pumping high-volume audio directly into your ears via headphones

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

The Business of Radio – Elliott Hurst in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 034 June 21, 2021
The commercialization of streaming audio is not a new phenomenon. Going back 100 years, it was simply known by another name, broadcasting. With the launch, rise and now transition to digital and apps, the business models of audio-preneurs have generally been the same, mostly because of the challenge of measurement, a problem audio’s cousin television […]
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The Custodian of Toronto Sports – Richard Peddie in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 033 May 27, 2021
Over a 20+ year span, as the Toronto pro sports scene evolved from older venues and stands filled with blue and white (Leafs, Blue Jays, Argonauts) to a more intense red (Raptors, TFC), and grand coliseums that define the city’s skyline, there is one sports executive in particular who ownership looked to. We’re of course […]
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The Ultimate Backstage Pass – David Kines in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 032 May 17, 2021
In today’s everything-on-demand world, it may be hard for anyone born post-Y2 K to answer a simple question, “where do you watch music videos?” A reasonable answer would be YouTube, Apple Music, or maybe even Tiktok. Prior to the dawn of YouTube in 2005, the answer was easy. MTV if you’re American, and of course […]
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