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Fourth of July is right around the corner, and that means fireworks! Like a kid, I look forward to the colorful starbursts streaming across the sky. I do, however, hate to rain on your Independence Day parade: as spectacular as they are, the booming sounds that accompany the sparkling visuals can really damage your ears. Noise-induced hearing loss is as real as your mama's cherry pie. Once Read more
A child's laughter is music to a mama's ears, just as the sound of a mother's voice may be all that is needed to calm a fussy tot. But what if that baby can't hear her own mother? Take this quiz and test your knowledge. Take the Quiz Read more
It's a sad state of affairs when the tens of millions of people with hearing impairments around the world can't enjoy the latest YouTube meme. It's this fact that led YouTube to roll out auto-captioning to all of its users' videos. Announced today, YouTube will be harnessing the power of Google Voice Search's algorithms, allowing users to easily download the auto-captioned texts to videos, and Read more
A new Italian study put a twist on the age-old advice about wanting something done right. In three separate tests, researchers found that when making a request, they had better results when the question was posed to the right ear. In general, the left side of the brain processes requests better and researchers feel it must also process information that comes from the right ear. It seems the left Read more
Who doesn't crank up the tunes occasionally for a rocking cardio session or to block annoying conversations on a morning commute? Unfortunately, dialing up the volume of your iPod can adversely affect your hearing. We all know that prolonged listening to loud music can lead to hearing loss. Hearing experts say the maximum safe level for listening with ear buds or headphones is 85 decibels, but Read more
My poor dad sometimes tells me to repeat something, and then with a knowing look says "rock concerts," as if to explain how he's lost a little bit of his hearing over the years. I wonder if one day I'll be saying "earbuds" as an explanation to my kids when I don't catch what they say right away. That's what a CNET writer fears, due to the widespread use of in-ear headphones (and the fact that he Read more
Health problems and hearing loss from cellphone and iPod use have been heavily debated ever since portable devices became a part of our everyday lives. The thing is, studies showing a correlation between use and hearing loss go back and forth. Sometimes they tell us cell phones cause hearing loss, other times they tell us use right before bed is bad, but otherwise we are OK and occasionally they Read more
Our five senses help up experience, understand, delight, and survive in this world. We appreciate all five of them for different reasons, but I want to know... Source, Source, Source, Source, and Source Which of the 5 Senses is MORE Important to You? Sight - My eyes help me get where I want to go, and amaze me when I get there Hearing - I couldn't live without the amazing Read more
You hear that? That's the sound of TV season finales winding down, and what a sad sound it is. We're pretty emotionally worn-out from all the drama in the past few weeks, but we managed to put this little quiz together, chock-full of quotes from these weeks' new prime-time episodes. See if you can match the quote to the character who said it! Question 1 of 6"My mother raised me to be admired." Read more
Recently, reader Blanca123 raised some interesting questions when responding to our recipe for President Obama's chili: "Kindly explain why you call this pitifully flavored 'meat one-pot' a chili . . . Where's the heat? No cayenne, red pepper flakes or even hot sauce, much less real fresh chiles? Turmeric? Why?" She sure got us thinking about what are the intrinsic elements of a true pot of Read more
