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October Is National Protect Your Hearing Month: Safeguard Your Hearing
During this year’s National Protect Your Hearing Month—observed each October—learn how to protect yourself and your loved ones from noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL), and help Noisy Planet spread the word to others.
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Yikes! Only Eight Percent of U.S. Adults Consistently Use Hearing Protectors at Loud Events
According to a 2018 study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), only eight percent of US adults say that they regularly wear hearing protectors at loud athletic and entertainment events.
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How is Sound Measured?
Many factors influence how loud a sound seems. One easily measured factor is sound intensity, or volume, which is measured in decibels. A-weighted decibels, or “dBA,” are often used to describe sound level recommendations for healthy listening.
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High-Tech Images Help Scientists "See" Hearing Process
To better understand how we hear, scientists used X-ray crystallography and supercomputers to study tiny structures in our ears.
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Line Up! To Reverse Hearing Loss, New Hair Cells Need to Stand in Formation
Scientists have been studying how to regrow damaged hair cells to restore hearing. Replacing hair cells might not be enough—to function properly, new hair cells also need to be organized in a specific way.
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Breaking Biofilms to Wage War Against Ear Infections
A researcher is using an animal model to discover how a common bacterium causes ear infections that come back again and again.
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