Being a mother has been the most wonderful relationship in my life but, in many ways, the most challenging. As I waited for my son to be born, I felt that my role as a mother was to give him three things: love, safety, and the communication skills to help him make the most of […]
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Many people have trouble following conversations in a noisy space. Carnegie Mellon University’s Barbara Shinn-Cunningham has spent her career conducting research to better understand this problem and how it affects people at cocktail parties, coffee shops and grocery stores. Along with a team of researchers from six universities, Shinn-Cunningham is looking for answers in an […]
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Excessive noise is an often-neglected form of environmental pollution. We are constantly bombarded by excessive noise — from leaf blowers and lawn mowers, motorcycles, loud car stereos, barking dogs, helicopters, airplanes, noisy neighbours, car traffic, raucous restaurants, and honking horns. All this acoustic chaos is very harmful. High noise levels are associated with Tinnitus (ringing […]
Television viewers in Japan have been watching their popular news presenter Yuki Goto describing sporting events in sign language, hands flitting from one pose to the next in a series of precise movements. But it wasn’t exactly Goto on their screens. The 25-year-old reporter, who has a hearing impairment, was chosen to model for a […]
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The whistle coming down the tracks is the sound of Europe’s rail renaissance. Coming round the bend is increased adoption of high-speed rail transportation which promises to reduce road traffic and to curb harmful emissions. Prioritising sustainable rail transport promises significant benefits but unfortunately, it comes with unseen dangers of its own and not just […]
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A sudden hearing loss tends to be just that, very little warning, just a sudden event. However, not all sudden deafness is sensorineural (inner ear-related). There are two types of sudden hearing loss that may happen, they are: Sudden Conductive Hearing Loss Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss Sudden Conductive Hearing Loss A conductive hearing loss is […]