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.
The visualization of frequencies may be a bit “geeky”, but it’s also just plain cool! If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration. – Nikola Tesla Did you have any trouble hearing the highest frequencies in the video? If so it might be a good idea […]
While this interesting video explores the dangerous side of loud sounds, it also does a great job of showing the mechanism of noise induced hearing loss (NIHL). We have spent a lot of time covering topics on NIHL because it’s a growing concern associated with our modern lifestyle and it can almost always be prevented.
The recent Guns N’ Roses: Not In This Lifetime tour was the perfect venue to test the effectiveness of our custom molded earplugs to prevent noise induced hearing loss. We sent two fans, Keith and Derek to the concert. Keith wore custom molded earplugs and Derek went without any hearing protection. Noise induced hearing loss
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We often talk about protecting our hearing with items like earplugs. Ear plugs help protect your hearing from noise induced damage. Did you know that a healthy lifestyle, proper nutrition and exercise helps protect your hearing from age related hearing loss (presbycusis)? The inner ear contains the sensory organs for hearing and just like all
According to variety of studies silence can indeed be good for your overall health. There is a growing movement of people seeking to spend time at spas and retreats that offer silence and meditation as a therapeutic treatment for both the mind and body. An important part of the movement consists of completely unplugging from
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