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This August 25th to 31st - Hearing Awareness Week!
We are very excited to be back again for Hearing Awareness Week. It is estimated that 3.5 million Australians currently suffer from some form of hearing loss.
Loud noise can cause irreversible hearing damage, because it harms the delicate hearing mechanism in the inner ear...
Second Hand Smoke Linked to Hearing Loss
Scientists say in a study that secondhand smoke exposure almost doubles the potential risk of the loss of hearing in teenagers. More than 50 % of all children in the U.S. are in contact with secondhand smoke, so the discovering that it can result in hearing loss in adolescents has enormous public health significance. The way we manage smoking in public areas as well as home needs to be evaluated, and also how frequently and when children are screened for hearing loss....