"If you have a big muscle car or you remove the muffler or install enormous tailpipes, that’s a conscious choice you’re making. You like the fact that you’re calling attention to yourself." From: bloomberg.com/news/feature...#loveyourears#keeplistening

A Loud Warning From the Past About Living With Cars

Klaxon automotive horns, once standard safety equipment, disappeared from the roads after World War I. But the tensions they exposed about urban noise still echo.

"...highlighted the importance of hearing health and tackled the stigma surrounding men wearing hearing aids. Diagnosed with Meniere's disease in his 30s, Chris has been using hearing aids to manage the condition." From: uk.style.yahoo.com/bbc-one-show...#loveyourears#keeplistening#bbc

BBC The One Show star admits it's 'difficult' to live with incurable disease

The Springwatch host appeared on The One Show to help raise awareness for hearing loss, and shared how important it is for him to be able to hear to enjoy nature

"The dual input of sound and lyrics is helpful in the same way that that speech reading, reading lips, helps in hearing speech." From: katherinebouton.me/2024/09/02/u...#loveyourears#keeplistening

Unheard Melodies

The death earlier this summer of British baritone Ben Luxon reminded me once again how subjective our response to hearing loss is. Luxon was one of several musicians I wrote about in “Shouting Won’t H...

"Joshua Seal, a Deaf man killed in a mass shooting last fall, did not get to see the third season of the camp he started. But 22 Deaf or hard-of-hearing children did, including his own." From: www.nytimes.com/2024/09/02/u...#loveyourears#keeplistening

A Maine Camp for Deaf Children Carries On After an Unthinkable Loss

Joshua Seal, a Deaf man killed in a mass shooting last fall, did not get to see the third season of the camp he started. But 22 Deaf or hard-of-hearing children did, including his own.

"When your senses decline, you can't experience the world as well.... It makes all your cognitive burdens a little harder, and that probably wears you down over time and causes mental health problems." From: www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...#loveyourears#keeplistening

Declining senses can impact mental health and loneliness in aging adults

Researchers found that people who develop sensory disabilities with age tend to have worse mental health, and that different types of sensory disability are associated with different aspects of mental...

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Chatbots in science: What can ChatGPT do for you?

Milton Pividori spent a year and a half studying how best to use ChatGPT in research. Here, he highlights three key lessons. Milton Pividori spent a year and a half studying how best to use ChatGPT in...

“I thought it was great when I would come away from a show and everything would be dead, or I’d have ringing in my ears. I’d think, ‘That was a good show, I’m half deaf!’ I would do this all the time.” << 😱😢 From: www.wyso.org/arts-culture...#loveyourears#keeplistening

Loud music can damage your hearing. Just ask WYSO host Rev Cool.

Sustained loud noises can cause long term damage to your hearing, but luckily there are ways to protect your ears.

"We used to think of hearing loss as separate from our overall health, as something that is just a normal part of aging.... But we're learning more that, actually, untreated hearing loss can result in a negative spiral of other health issues." From: newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/m...

"the Pixel Buds Pro 2 are Google's attempt to create true hearables - at least halfway in that direction." From: audioxpress.com/news/google-...#google#loveyourears#keeplistening @audioXP_editor

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Tuesday, August 13 was scheduled as Pixel day, when Google promoted its ninth &quot;Made by Google&quot; event to unveil an extensive range of hardware devices, including new Pixel 9 phones, the Pixel...

Given that she’s young, active, and generally healthy, the chances of a whooshing sound that Claire heard was a sign of anything serious were low. << But--this story is bonkers on many levels 🥹🤗 www.self.com/story/claire...#loveyourears#keeplistening @SELFmagazine

A Doctor Told Me the Whooshing in My Ear Would Just Go Away. I Actually Had a Brain Tumor

“I was told to use Flonase.”