Cellphones and Hearing Damage

The day the music died
Daily News & Analysis, India - 7 hours ago
Blasting music in your ears through iPods and cellphones can trigger severe hearing loss. Sanghamitra Bhowmik reports Last year when 22-year-old,

 

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Siemens Hearing Aids

Siemens presents one of the most flexible families of hearing … - The FINANCIAL

Siemens presents one of the most flexible families of hearing
The FINANCIAL, Georgia - Oct 15, 2008
The FINANCIAL — Following the international trend towards customized hearing aids, Siemens announced the new “Motion” family of hearing devices at the 53rd

 

Hearing-loss essay contest underway - Brentwood Press

Hearing-loss essay contest underway
Brentwood Press, CA - Oct 16, 2008
The contest winner will receive hearing aids and a lifetime of service at no cost. The Hear for the Holidays essay contest was created in an effort to give

 

 

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Sensorineural Hearing Loss

Treatment and prevention of hearing loss
Canada.com, Canada - Oct 14, 2008
Sensorineural hearing loss and deafness tends to be permanent because it involves damage to nerves or to the inner ear. The only method of treatment is a

 

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Headset phones cause few risks to hearing loss
Sioux City Journal, IA - Oct 16, 2008
Using a headset for eight hours or more at a loud volume for an extended period of time would likely lead to hearing loss. “The biggest thing is wearing

 

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Genes that control cell death fingered in age-related hearing loss
EurekAlert (press release), DC - Oct 16, 2008
Several genes that play a role in how our body’s cells normally auto-destruct may play a role in age-related hearing loss, according to research published

 

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Digital Hearing Aids Correct Hearing Loss and Prevent Job Loss
Send2Press (press release), CA - Oct 15, 2008
And, for anyone who has not yet reached retirement age and is living with an untreated hearing loss, there’s a real possibility that their employment is at

 

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First Nations Hearing

Bennington Seniors First in Nation to Receive New Zero Mercury
MarketWatch - Oct 6, 2008
And it is especially important to continue to improve our products in ways that help power people’s life-enhancing devices, such as hearing aids.

 

 

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Siemens presents one of the most flexible families of hearing
The FINANCIAL, Georgia - 7 hours ago
The FINANCIAL — Following the international trend towards customized hearing aids, Siemens announced the new “Motion” family of hearing devices at the 53rd

 

 

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Town Crier Deaf

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Hear ye! Bells sent town crier Keith deaf
Bournemouth Daily Echo,  UK - Oct 12, 2008
“But I went to Specsavers and had my ears tested and have now got two hearing aids. “I didn’t realise what I was missing out on, such as the sound of
Town crier still booming even after 25 years of bell ringing have Daily Mail
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Woman Wins Hearing Aids

Hearing him call
York Daily Record, PA - Oct 12, 2008
A Red Lion woman, almost totally deaf, can hear her son after winning hearing aids. By BRENT BURKEY Michelle Bitler, left, reacts to hearing her son,

 

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New generation of hearing aids are invisible
abc7.com, CA - Oct 9, 2008
But what you can’t hear — or see — Phillip has severe hearing loss. He’s had to wear hearing aids his entire life. “You could tell he disliked like it.

 

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Texas struggling to staff a program that helps the poor
Houston Chronicle, United States - Oct 12, 2008
The woman had profound hearing loss from a beating, and struggled with low self-esteem. The program paid for hearing aids, and cooking and self-defense

 

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Town crier deafened by own bell after 25 years
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 15 hours ago
He said the hearing aids had made a big difference to his life. “I did not realize that I was missing out on many things, like the sound of birdsong,” he

 

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