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.
Can Loud Sounds Be Deadly?
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.
Guns & Roses: Post Concert Hearing Loss vs Earplugs
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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Protect Your Hearing With Nutrition
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
Can Silence Be Good for Your Health?
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
Amazing Marble Music Machine
While there are much easier ways to make music, few are as entertaining. This YouTube video has over 51,277,406 views as of the time this post was created! If you enjoyed this video the creator of the Marble Machine has a YouTube channel with more incredible creations: Wintergarten’s YouTube Channel. Is someone you know asking
