3 steps to prevent noise-induced hearing lossLauraineWellsAuD
Excessive noise is the primary cause of hearing damage and hearing loss. Learn about the major causes of hearing damage and how to protect your hearing.
Noise:A lot of loud sound over time can damage the hair cells in your ears. Learn more abouttreating noise-induced hearing loss. The good news? You can do some things to avoid noise-induced hearing loss and keep age-related hearing loss from getting worse. Here are eight tips to help k...
These venues, where loud music is practically a necessity, create the perfect environment for noise-induced hearing damage to take place.How Your Employer Should HelpEmployers should devise strategies to minimize their employee’s exposure to loud noise as much as possible. These might include ...
to Prevent Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Among Coal Miners in Appalachia (2004). Using the extended parallel process model to prevent noise- induced hearing loss among coal miners in Appalachia. Health Education & Behavior, 31(6), 741 - 755.Murray-Johnson, L., Witte, K., Patel, D., Orrego...
can suffer as well. You can’t prevent genetic or age-related hearing loss. However, other common reasons (like noise-induced loss) are preventable. So, it’s important to practice hearing care techniques, no matter how old you are. Read on to protect your ears and prevent hearing loss....
Articles about musicians and hearingpublished inHearing Review. “Prevalence of noise-induced hearing loss in student musicians,” by Phillips, Henrich, & Mace (Int. Journal of Audiology49, 2010). “Sound Level Measurements in Music Practice Rooms,” by Phillips and Mace,Music Performance Research...
"This RCT adds evidence that earplugs are effective in preventing temporary hearing loss during high recreational music levels. Therefore, the use of earplugs should be actively promoted and encouraged to avoid noise-induced hearing loss."
We sat down with Chesky, who was recently appointed as a BDP in the Peabody Conservatory and the School of Medicine, to learn more about the musician-specific earplug industry, and what might be done to improve how musicians and their teachers prevent noise-induced hearing loss. What hearing-...
"When we can't prevent noise-induced hearing loss through screening programs and use of hearing protection, then we really need to come up with some way of protecting people who are still going to have noise exposure. My hope is that this medication will give people a richer, fuller life....