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MP3 Players and Your Hearing
Well, it’s holiday shopping season, and no doubt, many parents are going to get requests from their kids for an MP 3 player.
But before you do, you might want to hear about a health warning regarding these devices--hearing being the operative word.
MP3 players don’t have to be a problem. But, because of the way they’re designed, they’re efficiency and ease of use, and the fact they appeal to young people who like to crank up the volume, these devices end up being a set up as a serious long term threat to one’s hearing.
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Infants and hearing loss
Julia Ribera never imagined that an infection she had while pregnant would result in her daughter Zulie suffering from infant hearing loss. Hearing loss in infants can go undetected for several months. Zulie was nearly 6 months old when her mother first realized that she was suffering from infant hearing loss.
“One day she was sleeping, and I turned on the radio higher than I meant to. She just continued sleeping. I wondered if that was normal. Then I started to clap and she continued sleeping. That’s when I realized that it was probably a case of infant deafness.”
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MP3 Players and Your Hearing
BETTER TONSILLECTOMY
There is late breaking research out that shows a new way to perform tonsillectomies in children is much less painful.
There are 400,000 tonsillectomies performed each year in the u.s. It is the second most common pediatric surgery performed in this country. But it can be a painful after the operation. Now, a new approach called coblation can limit the discomfort significantly.
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COCHLEAR IMPLANTS
New research shows that early cochlear implants can significantly improve an individual’s likelihood of having normal hearing. Of all the new research on cochlear implants, which when implanted in the inner ear can give deaf people complete hearing, the most important finding is probably that early cochlear implants are beneficial. Despite the fact this technology was once shunned by the deaf community, cochlear implants are having such a significant impact.
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