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Hearing Loss Becoming an Epidemic in Canada

...epression and accelerated dementia. The fact is, listening to any sound at 85 decibels or higher for a prolonged period of time can cause permanent damage to hearing. The maximum safe exposure time to 120 decibels is eight seconds. The problem is there is a raft of activities in our everyday lives that excee...

Australian Girls Took Instructions to Commit Suicide from Internet Site

.... You were always such a quiet girl who spent time listening to music and surfing the Internet. 'There is not.... You were always such a quiet girl who spent time listening to music and surfing the Internet. 'There is nothing that couldn't have been sorted out. You were ...

Britney Spears New Album to Celebrates Womanhood

...don't dance to it, I really don't know what you're listening to."...

Helpline Launched for Hearing Impaired

...learn any language, which can only be picked up by listening to it. Early detection and quick treatment can help those children who are born with hearing disabilities. John Panicker, an ENT specialist, said that children with hearing disabilities have a limited window when they can acquire the spoken langu...

Autistic Individuals can Be 'trained' to Comprehend Visual and Vocal Cues

...s of children in conversational settings while listening to short vignettes that ended with a potentially ironic remark. Researchers found that, compared with the TD control group, the ASD children had reduced activity in two areas of the brain - the medial prefrontal cortex and right superior tempor...

Car Sickness for the Little Ones can Be Prevented

...connection from the movement outside. Better bets: listening to music or books on tape or engaging in old-fashioned conversation, songs and verbal games. Open a window. A breeze can help keep the brain oriented to the outside world. Consider traveling at night and encouraging children to sleep. Also, no one...

Playing Music Helps Women Relax During Colposcopy

...ttempting to reduce anxiety. They concluded that listening to music during colposcopy produced a significant reduction in anxiety levels, but pre-test counselling, information leaflets and video information all had no effect. In addition they found that a combining an information video and leaflets was more...

Genes Influence the Ability to Listen Two Things at a Time

...onsense syllables entering each earcalled dichotic listening ability. The tests in which different one-syllab...As much as 73 percent of the variation in dichotic listening ability was due to genetic differences, a magnitude that is comparable to well-known inherited trait...

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