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Winnipeg Hearing Blog
The Winnipeg Hearing Blog is Polo Park Hearing Centre’s blog on everything to do with human hearing, hearing protection, hearing loss and general interest posts about everything from weird facts to how human hearing works. We run some regular themed blogs posts such as How Loud It It that features local venues with a sound profile worth knowing about.
Musicians: 4 Fold Risk of Noise Induced Hearing Loss
Over the past several years the news has revealed an increasing number of musicians struggling with hearing loss. Rock icons and classical musicians alike are revealing the toll excessively loud music has had on their hearing and subsequently their career. The saddest part is: Noise induced hearing loss is 100% preventable. According to an article
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3 iPhone Accessibility Options for Better Hearing
For people with hearing loss, the iPhone offers several useful features to make listening and using the device easier. Here are three accessibility options we think would be the most useful. Mono Audio and Balance The benefit of this feature is that it makes listening to music and movies much easier. Music and movies often
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5 Tips: How to Safely Enjoy Music for A Lifetime
We love music and if your reading this, you likely do to. Thanks to the ubiquitous smartphone we can conveniently enjoy our favorite tunes any time we want for hours on end. The only downside is we can also enjoy our music as loud as we want and that can cause irreversible noise induced hearing
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11 Funny Misheard Lyrics About Food
Although this video is a light hearted look at misheard lyrics, trouble understanding speech is one of the first signs of hearing loss. Human speech is a mix of both low and high frequency sounds. Typically hearing loss problems develop in the higher frequencies first with consonants like “s,” “h,” and “f,” becoming more difficult
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Surfer’s Ear – In the Prairies?
When you think about all the different factors that could cause a person to lose their hearing, cold weather wouldn’t necessarily be in the top 10. However, there are risks related to cold weather that can cause damage and potentially cause a complete loss of hearing. Maintaining good hearing health by keeping your ears protected
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