Hearing Loss Helped Thru Music Therapy

Image courtesy of surasakiStock at  FreeDigitalPhotos.net   I have observed that musicians tend to cope with hearing loss much better than those without a music background, even if both have the same level of hearing loss on a hearing test. In particular, musicians with hearing loss tend to understand speech much better in noisy environments whereas non-musicians with hearing loss have trouble even with a hearing aid . I have also noticed that as one ages, understanding speech in noisy e…

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Why Does Airplane Food Taste So Bad?

Image by Wikipedia People universally complain about how bad airplane food is... However, the reason may surprise you in that it's not the airline's fault, but your body's. Based on research performed in 2010 at the Fraunhofer Institute in Germany where they have a replica airplane cabin and can simulate different altitudes, cabin pressure, cabin external wall temperature, relative humidity, noise level, vibration, light, air circulation, etc... food scientists discovered that…

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60/60 Rule to Avoid Hearing Loss Due to Loud Music

It is a well-known fact that permanent hearing loss can result from listening to loud music for prolonged periods of time. With the advent of portable music players, earbuds/headphones, and long-lasting battery life, people are losing their hearing at younger and younger ages compared to prior generations. In order to save your hearing from such noise-induced damage, their are two factors that must be considered: How LOUD the Music The louder the music, the higher risk of hearing loss. …

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Is There an Anatomic Basis for Exploding Head Syndrome?

Image courtesy of David Castillo Dominici at  FreeDigitalPhotos.net Exploding head syndrome is defined as "a sudden loud noise or an exploding sensation in the head, either at the wake-sleep transition or upon waking at night, and abrupt arousal or fright after the event." Exploding head syndrome or EHS is thought to be due to a neurologic or psychiatric disorder, but I've always wondered if there's actually an anatomic explanation that can be physically corrected result…

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Hearing Protection and NRR (Noise Reduction Rating)

For all hearing protection devices from ear plugs to ear muffs, there is a NRR (Noise Reduction Rating) score that informs consumers how much of a decrease in noise exposure to expect with use. For example, if an ear plug has a NRR score of 30, use of the device would be expected to reduce a 90 decibel sound by 30 decibels resulting in a noise exposure of 60 decibels. If two hearing protection devices are used, an ear plug inside the ear canal followed by ear muffs over the ear, the ultimat…

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Cure for Noise-Induced Hearing Loss?

Normally, when mammals (including humans) are exposed to very loud sounds, permanent hearing loss may result due to cochlear hair cell injury. However, an experimental drug code-named LY411575 was found to regenerate new hair cells by suppressing a protein called Notch. In essence, this drug restored hearing to mice deafened by loud noise. Listen to an explanation by Harvard researcher Dr. Edge in this  video . However, human trials are a very long way off… so prevention is still the b…

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