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AboutSafety June 21, 2001 |
Value Of A Good Hearing Loss Prevention Program When a company has an effective hearing loss prevention program, everyone wins -- the employers, employees and safety and health professionals who implement the program... |
AboutSafety June 11, 2001 |
Guide To Preventing Hearing Loss Combined exposures to noise and chemicals can cause more hearing loss than exposure to either agent alone. Vibration and extreme heat are also potentially harmful to hearing when combined with noise. |
AskMen.com Kathleen Blanchard |
Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Findings from the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery revealed that 13% of men age 20 and 69 suffer from noise-induced hearing loss. |
American Journal of Nursing October 2006 Wallhagen et al. |
Sensory Impairment in Older Adults Part 1: Hearing Loss Preserving older adults' sense of hearing and helping them to maintain communication in the face of changes that occur with age are areas of concern for nurses. |
Science News April 21, 2007 Janet Raloff |
Diet for a Noisy Planet Oral doses of a combination of certain antioxidants and magnesium can significantly limit the risk of noise-induced hearing loss, an animal study finds. |
AskMen.com March 8, 2005 Eddie Chandler |
Dealing With Noise Pollution What is noise pollution? It can literally make you sick, so how do you minimize it? |
IndustryWeek February 16, 2011 |
OSHA Withdraws Noise Proposal Concerned over potential costs, manufacturers applaud decision but remain alert as agency examines alternatives. |
American Family Physician September 15, 2003 Isaacson & Vora |
Differential Diagnosis and Treatment of Hearing Loss More than 28 million Americans have some degree of hearing impairment. A thorough history and a careful physical examination are essential to the diagnosis and treatment of hearing loss. |
National Defense December 2006 Robert H. Williams |
Compact Special Operator Headset Now Available Silynx Communications has unveiled a smart tactical headset and ear protector for elite troops. |
Wired January 18, 2008 Erin Biba |
Why Things Suck: Hearing Aids If your hearing starts to fade, get ready for sticker shock and frustration. Hearing aids can cost more than $3,000 apiece, they don't do a good job of correcting the problem, and insurance companies rarely pay for them. |
IEEE Spectrum January 2009 Joseph J. Morrissey |
The Cellphone and the Hearing Aid: The Odd Couple Cellphones and hearing aids aren't always compatible in close proximity, but they're starting to get along |
National Defense January 2005 Robert Williams |
Now Hear This: New Ear Plugs on the Way Military maintenance crews may soon be the beneficiaries of a small digital device that will protect them from permanent hearing loss caused by the roar of jet fighter turbines. |
Popular Mechanics October 2006 |
Serpentine Surge Protectors, Camera Effects, Cell Phone 'Net Tests and More The PowerSquid Calamari surge protector from Flexity blocks surges of up to 3240 joules... Dremel Stylus redesigned... Stanley's FatMax Mobile Project Center is both a work surface and a handcart... Hero and Q phones are latest in downloading... etc. |
National Defense November 2010 Grace V. Jean |
Troops Need Better Hearing Protection Scientists at the Air Force Research Laboratory are translating their findings into technologies that not only will provide troops with 3-D audio displays but also will preserve their acoustic health. |
Popular Mechanics July 2003 Paul Eisenstein |
World's Most Powerful Loudspeaker Want to hear the story about the world's loudest speaker? Because it is not always practical to launch a space shuttle when you need to create a loud noise -- to study airport sound control, for example -- Wyle Laboratories has developed a more compact solution, the WAS 3000. |
National Defense July 2007 Robert H. Williams |
Protective Glasses Don't Compromise Hearing FullPro has created protective shooting glasses that connect directly to earmuffs, eliminating pressure points against the head and enhancing hearing protection by as must as three to seven decibels. |
D-Lib September 2006 Cathy Sarli |
D-Lib Featured Collection September 2006: Deafness in Disguise: 19th and 20th Century Concealed Hearing Devices The Central Institute for the Deaf has a collection that contains over 400 hearing devices dating from 1796 and represents one of the largest collections in the world. |
Entrepreneur June 2007 Amanda C. Kooser |
Get an Earful Earphones for when you just want peace and quiet. |
Macworld April 2002 Ben Long |
Powerful Photoshop Plug-In Grain Surgery, Visual Infinity's new plug-in for Adobe Photoshop 5.5 and later, is a powerful and easy-to-use noise-manipulation program that lets you remove noise from an image, add noise to an image, and copy one image's noise to another... |
Salon.com June 16, 2000 Robert Bryce |
Hush, little PC If Apple can make an almost silent iMac, why can't other computer makers turn off the white noise? |
AboutSafety April 6, 2001 |
Agricultural Pesticide Protective Equipment Advice on personal protective equipment (PPE) to protect the handler from poisonings when mixing, loading and applying pesticides. |
PC Magazine November 1, 2010 John C. Dvorak |
Texting: Hazardous To Your Health Real-life zombies are weaving in and out of traffic with one hand to their ear and one hand on the wheel, working and driving on reflex only. |