Noisy restaurants, muffled voices: How hearing loss creeps up on us
Noisy restaurants, muffled voices: How hearing loss creeps up on us Blasting headphones, loud gigs – it can take years for the damage to show. Then there’s everyday wear and tear to our ears. Here’s how it can be helped. Credits: By Jackson Graham, Article appeared in...
3 March 2024: World Hearing Day in Australia
3 March 2024: World Hearing Day in Australia Did you know there are 4 million Australians living with hearing loss?And this figure is predicted to increase to almost 9 million by 2050 as the population in Australia ages. What is World Hearing Day? World Hearing Day is...
Research Links Hearing Loss to Dementia
Research Links Hearing Loss to Dementia People often ask why untreated hearing loss matters. They wonder why someone should wear hearing aids all day if they can “get by” without them or why they need them if they don’t socialize.The answers are not always simple and...
Sea Anemone May Repair Damaged Hearing
Sea Anemone May Repair Damaged Hearing The small hearing cells (called hair cells) in mammals, such as humans, have limited ability to repair themselves after trauma. For this reason, when our hair cells are damaged due to noise, trauma or aging (wear-and-tear), we...