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.
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 […]
Ever wonder why “airplane food” invariably tastes bland? This clip from The Nature of Things offers us an answer: When you sit back and think about it, our brain only has so much attention to redirect to our different senses to interpret what is going on in our environment. If our hearing takes more processing
University of Florida researchers have found a link between healthy eating and better hearing. More specifically they have shown a link between better hearing in the higher frequencies and a healthy diet. Christopher Spankovich, UF Health researcher examined the eating habits of people participating in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Previously Spankovich found
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I must admit that the articles I found about golf potentially causing hearing damage caught me off guard. If anything, we associate a game of golf being played in a relaxed quiet atmosphere surrounded by lush greens. Occasionally the quiet of the greens is punctuated with the satisfying “whack” of the player driving the golf
When it comes to getting treatment for hearing loss, it’s not uncommon for people to wait several years before acting. The stat we read was that it can take on average seven years before people seek treatment for hearing loss. So we thought we put together our top 4 reasons to get a hearing evaluation
A recent six-year study of 56,000 women suggests regular use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatories (NSAIDS) like naproxen (Aleve) and ibuprofen (Motrin) as well as acetaminophen (Tylenol), was tied to a greater risk of hearing problems. Non-prescription painkillers generally safe when taken in usual doses for short periods of time. With regards to hearing loss, the original
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