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.
It’s widely accepted that hearing loss can have a profound impact on both the individual and their family. Along with an number of the personal effects, job performance can be greatly affected. After reading articles authored by Sergei Kochkin Ph.D. and Mark Ross, Ph.D., we were given a real eye opener as to just how […]
In keeping with May the 4th being Star Wars Day, we wanted to share something fun without rehashing Star Wars cliches. Comment and let us know at what point in the video can you hear a famous movie theme? From the crowd’s reaction you know definitely when they “got it”! It’s an amazing bit of
We decided to run informal experiment to see how loud a movie theater can be and if a viewing a movie could cause temporary hearing loss. The results were surprising. Why A Movie? The greatest risk to our hearing in North America is noise induced hearing loss (NIHL). Unknowingly our leisure time activities can all
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Recently we were asked what happens to our hearing when we sleep? The answer is fairly straight forward: while we are sleeping, our ears continue to collect 100% of the sounds around us. It’s our brain that reduces the processing of sounds to a minimal level. It is because of this continuous processing of sounds
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