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The wrong answer to the restaurant noise problem
Expensive headphones to block restaurant noise is the wrong answer to a persistent problem. The right answer is to make restaurants quieter!
There is nothing inevitable or natural about chronic disease
There is nothing inevitable or natural about chronic disease, says Dr. Clayton Dalton. Dr. Daniel Fink agrees, adding hearing loss isn’t inevitable either.
Hearing loss is an occupational health hazard for musicians
Hearing loss is an occupational health hazard for musicians. And it doesn’t matter if they play classical music or death metal!
New Zealand researchers agree: hearing loss is probably a dementia risk factor
New Zealand researchers confirm that hearing loss is probably a dementia risk factor. Avoiding noise, then, will do more than just protect hearing.
Why do humans suffer hearing loss from noise?
Why do humans suffer hearing loss from noise? An evolutionary biologist looks at why evolution did not make the ear more resistant to noise.
When “good news” is bad news
When is “good news” bad news? When the press reports uncritically, leaving the public to believe that earbud and headphone use by children is perfectly fine.
Treating hearing loss may help prevent dementia
The Lancet reports that treating hearing loss may help prevent dementia. So why isn’t the prevention of hearing loss a top public health goal?
Millions of Americans don’t protect their ears
Millions of Americans don’t protect their ears from noise, creating a generation burdened with hearing loss and more. Dr. Daniel Fink wonders if people would be motivated to protect their hearing and fight for quiet if they knew that noise caused hearing loss, tinnitus, and hyperacusis–none of which can be cured.