Better hearing and sight can help keep memory sharper, says Dr. Daniel Fink. So why doesn’t the medical establishment take the lead in promoting the prevention of hearing and sight damage?
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Don’t use headphones while running
Don’t use headphones while running. Loud sound can damage your hearing, and just as importantly, you will miss the opportunity to luxuriate in quiet.
Newly identified gene plays critical role in noise-induced hearing loss
Newly identified gene plays critical role in noise-induced hearing loss. Great news, but why wait for some future cure when prevention of hearing loss is so easy?
Wind turbines in 2018
Dr. Arline Bronzaft writes about wind turbine noise and the growing evidence suggesting harmful impacts of wind turbine sound on health.
Protect your heart, protect your hearing?
Protect your heart, protect your hearing? Dr. Daniel Fink tells us about an article that reports on a correlation between heart health and hearing loss.
October is National Protect Your Hearing Month
October is National Protect Your Hearing Month, an opportunity to remind ourselves if we want to preserve our hearing tomorrow, we need to protect it today.
A layperson’s guide to the WHO’s noise and health report
John Stewart, lead author of “Why Noise Matters,” explains the significance of the WHO’s new noise guidelines in his layperson’s guide to the WHO’s noise and health report.
Noise is killing us
Noise is killing us. It hurts our health from hearing loss to diabetes to death. So shouldn’t we start taking steps towards reducing noise in public spaces?
WHO recommends quiet
The World Health Organization has just issued its new noise guidelines for Europe. Dr. Daniel Fink hopes the U.S. will follow Europe’s example and start dealing with noise, too.