A music movie worth watching: 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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Hearing
If you’re tired of destroying your ears at concerts and clubs, there’s something new
As much as I love loud music, I hate that feeling the next day where your hearing is dulled and
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If you wear headphones all the time, will it mess with your hearing?
Before the Sony Walkman came along in 1979, headphone listening was limited to when you could be wired to your
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Don’t protect your hearing against loud music? This could be the ultimate cautionary tale
If you don’t think you need to protect your ears from overly loud music at concerts or through headphones, give
Read moreCan You Pick Up Conversations in a Noisy Room? Then You May Be a Musician.
Some people are just better at hearing conversations no matter how noisy the party might be. But why? It could
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What It’s Like to Hear with Cochlear Implants
Cochlear implants can allow deaf people to hear, but they can never (at least not yet) replicate what a person
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Interesting Question: What Would Happen If You Never Took Your Earbuds Out?
Anyone who wears contact lenses knows that it’s important to let those eyeballs breath. But what about your ears? What
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Has Too Much Loud Music Resulted in Permanent Ringing in Your Ears? There Are Treatment Options
There’s been a strong response to a recent post about a McMaster University study that pointed towards an alarming increase
Read moreCanadian Research Says Mobile Phones Are Causing Big Hearing Problems in Teenagers
You can’t spend all day and a chunk of the night pumping high-volume audio directly into your ears via headphones
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How to Listen to Music When You Really Can’t Hear
Mother Jones magazine has a great article on what music can mean to the deaf and those who have difficulty
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How Good Is Your Hearing? Take the Test!
A new online game called The Art of Hearing, a creation by a Manchester-based company called Amplifon, can help you
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