The World Health Organization has identified exposure to recreational noise as the greatest threat to the hearing health of teens and young adults . Some 1.1 billion people are at risk of hearing loss due to the unsafe use of personal audio devices (smartphones too) and noisy venues such as sporting events and nightclubs. Worldwide 360 […]
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Just 8 more days until the Ride for Dad 2016. Polo Park Hearing Centre is proud to help sponsor the event again this year. We will be providing Spark Plug earplugs, the Officially Licensed Earplugs of NASCAR, along with discounts offers including custom mould earplugs. Whether you wear a full face or half helmet, please remember
In a recent news release the Canadian Hearing Instrument Practitioners Society (CHIPS) identified noise induced hearing loss as a growing health issue. The release also highlighted the increased rate of hearing loss found in younger Canadians. May 2016 is Hearing Awareness Month #hearinghealth “Canadians are exposed to dangerous sound levels on a
This quote is widely credited to Helen Keller, On researching it we found information posted by Tom Harrington, a Reference and Instruction Librarian, he was never able to trace it to an original source. He does say that Keller did express the same idea at least two other times using similar words. Either way, internet creation or
If our blog had an “Understatement of the Year” award I would give it to Bill Austin, the man behind the Starkey Hearing Foundation. In this star packed video (Kevin Costner, Sir Richard Branson, Miley Cyrus) President Bill Clinton reveals why this quote from Austin is so incredibly understated: “I want to chip in and do what I can
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