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In 2012, Health Canada began a study of Health Impacts and Exposure to Sound From Wind Turbines. This included Sound Power Level measurements of different Wind Turbines, noise level measurements at residences and an epidemiological field study, the administration of a computer assisted…

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…

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…

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…

January 21, 2018 Source: University of Bristol Summary: Acoustic tractor beams use the power of sound to hold particles in mid-air, and unlike magnetic levitation, they can grab most solids or liquids even small insects. For the first time engineers…

‘One of the rules of sleep rituals is, whatever works for you’- Mathias Basner. HEIDI MITCHELL The Wall Street Journal Falling into a dream state can be anxiety-inducing for the around 25 per cent of people who say they have…

The Conversation January 9, 2018 6:35am AEDT Children being children can be loud, which creates challenges when they live in an apartment.  Author Sophie-May Kerr PhD Candidate in Human Geography, University of Wollongong Disclosure statement Sophie-May Kerr receives funding from the Australian…

MATTHEW BENNS, Editor-at-Large, The Daily Telegraph THE ground-shaking rumble of Harley Davidson motorcycles in full flight has cafe-loving hipsters on Bondi’s trendy Campbell Parade choking on their soy latte macchiatos. Now the locals are fighting back with their complaints prompting…

Species of Mexican fish found to amass in rambunctious reproductive orgies creating sound levels comparable to a crowd cheering at a stadium By MARIËTTE LE ROUXT PARIS, France (AFP) — A species of Mexican fish amasses in reproductive orgies so loud…

Photo Credit: Pixabay.com Medical research (illustrative) Discovery of long-encoding RNAs in the auditory system may solve a piece of the deafness puzzle, Tel Aviv University researcher says A new Tel Aviv University study solves a critical piece of the puzzle of…