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Showing posts with label temporary. Show all posts

September 01, 2014

New Test to Identify People at Risk of Permanent Hearing Loss from Loud Noises

In any industrialized country like the United States, everybody has been exposed to loud noises whether from a lawnmower, playing in a band, shooting guns, or going to a rock concert. It also seems that some people compared to others appear more prone to temporary hearing loss after such loud noise exposure. You know... it's the ringing, fullness, and hearing loss after leaving the loud noise event. And than over a few hours or days, the hearing comes back to normal. This temporary hear…
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May 21, 2012

People DO Suffer Hearing Loss After a Loud Concert

Almost everybody at some point in their lives have attended a loud concert or loud nightclub. Almost everybody will also recall a temporary reduction in their hearing with or without ringing afterwards for a short period of time. This phenomenon is called temporary threshold shift (TTS) whereby the affected person has a temporary hearing loss that may last hours to days due to temporary damage of the outer hair cells of the cochlea. If loud nose exposure happens enough times, permane…
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