In keeping with the fact that May is Speech & Hearing Awareness Month, we thought we would suggest a movie with the theme of overcoming hearing loss. Club DJs generally rely on their ability to hear to mix tracks – or so we thought. All Gone Pete Tong is a comedy about the tragic life of […]
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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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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
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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
What Is Tinnitus? Tinnitus (“TIN-a-tus” “Tin-EYE-tus”) is a medical term used to describe a symptom that is depicted as the sensation of hearing sound when none is present. The sounds heard by someone suffering from tinnitus can vary from the common “ringing in the ears” to being described as: • Hissing like sounds • Buzzing • Sizzling • Whistling • Roaring
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