Archive for March 2018

By NICHOLAS BAKALAR MARCH 27, 2018 For all three categories, the risk of injury increased steadily with hearing loss, although slightly less consistently with driving accidents. Over all, compared with those who rated their hearing “excellent,” those with a little trouble hearing were 60 percent more likely to have been injured, with moderate trouble 70 percent…

By RONI CARYN RABIN JULY 27, 2017 The rate of moderate hearing loss had increased to 22.5 percent in 2007-8, up from 17 percent during the period from 1988 to 1994. But it dropped to 15.2 percent in the most recent study period, in 2009-10. Photo Young people continue to listen to loud music on their headphones.…

Hearing loss is a silent occupational hazard for musicians. By ANDREW MCMILLEN March 3rd, 2018 Jon Coghill, former drummer of Powderfinger, who has hearing loss from his days on stage. Picture: Lyndon Mechielsen On a sunny Saturday afternoon in late January, a musician called Steve Kilbey is visiting Brisbane. Everywhere he goes, he carries with him something…