The educational, lifestyle and well being advantages of normal hearing are indeed understood by those without normal hearing.
The ear is the gateway to your lifeA report from the UK reveals the non-hearing health issues caused by our increasingly noisy environments.
Noise and non-hearing healthConscious listening creates understanding. Not being able to hear creates frustration, misunderstanding and confusion.
Deep ListeningHearing aid accessories can really work for you in difficult to hear scenarios, here are 4 products listed on www.HearingAidPrices.com.au
Hear Better than Anyone in the RoomLoudness is purely the strength of the sound wave - known as its amplitude. The loudness you perceive is a mix of perception and psychology. Decibels (dB) are a measure of the level of sound. Decibels operate on a logarithmic scale (not linear).
Sound Wavelength and LoudnessMost Hearing loss is acquired through recreational and workplace noise, illness, medications and as part of the process of ageing. Sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSHL), commonly known as sudden deafness, is an unexplained, rapid loss of hearing either all at once or over a few days.
Sudden DeafnessWhen it comes to hearing, technology is your friend. The extra processing power that has improved hearing aids have also helped accessories and general apps that can make your working life easier.
Hearing Better in MeetingsThe overproduction of adrenaline can reduce blood circulation in the inner ear or even stop it completely. How your brain manages attention can be improved by meditation. Hearing can therefore be improved by meditation, because your brain is more effective.
Can meditation improve hearing?If you have a hearing loss in both ears the simple answer is two hearing aids. Why? Because that is how your brain is designed to work at its optimal best as explained in this article.
One Hearing Aid or Two?Hearing aid wearers will be interested in the new wearable technology Nuhearas IQbuds created in Australia.
Hearing augmentation devices - IQBudsIt is now understood that chronic ear disease and the resulting deafness is a major cause of social disadvantage. If a child can't hear it is difficult to learn, it's difficult to gain an education or a job.
Childrens Hearing Linked to Social DisadvantageStudies have shown that even when younger and older adults have similar hearing thresholds and speech discrimination ability in quiet, older adults will perform worse on speech discrimination tasks in noise than their younger counterparts (Kricos 2006).
Hearing with Less EffortThe title of Mark Nepo's book "Seven Thousand Ways to Listen" refers to his conversation with an African linguist who discusses the world has around 7,000 languages.
Seven Thousand Ways to ListenHearing loss is independently associated with incidental-cause dementia. Whether hearing loss is a marker for early-stage dementia or is actually a modifiable risk factor for dementia deserves further study.
Hearing Loss and DementiaOnly one or two children in every 1,000 have significant permanent hearing loss.
Hearing and your babyGuitar teacher Jeff who teaches Guitar Lessons Gold Coast advises getting good quality speakers and audio system.
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