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.
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
If you regularly take ibuprofen, acetaminophen (Tylenol), or naproxen (Aleve) for pain relief, you may be increasing your risk of hearing loss. Research suggests that long-term use of these medications can affect hearing, especially in women and younger adults. A six-year study of 56,000 women found that those who used NSAIDs (like ibuprofen and naproxen)
Happy Holidays from all of us at Polo Park Hearing Centre! Our holiday hours are as follows: Friday December 23rd 9:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. Saturday December 24th Closed Monday December 26th Closed Tuesday December 27th Closed Saturday December 31st Closed
1485 Portage Ave O157E, Winnipeg, MB R3G 0W4
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