Hearing Health News

Jan 15, 2016

Sound Bite: How Your Headphones Might be Causing Permanent Hearing Loss

The panic you feel when you forget your headphones isn't the scariest aspect of your smartphone addiction. By. Kim Tranell Justina, 17, usually walks around with at least one earbud in. "I actually collect headphones and categorize them from most...

Dec 15, 2015

LIVING WELL: Turn down the volume and listen up

By Joan F. Wright- Posted May. 16, 2015 at 10:12 AM WEYMOUTH Given that almost every young person you see today has ear buds stuffed in their ears and connected to a phone or some audio device, it should be no...

Aug 10, 2015

Connect Safely: Bluetooth headphones protect children’s hearing

If you have kids, chances are very good that they are listening to music through earbuds or earphones. No problem with that, but if the volume is too high, it can affect your child’s hearing. That’s why it makes sense to...

Jul 20, 2015

HTG Explains: Why Your Kids Should Be Using Volume Limiting Headphones

Portable devices like iPads, MP3 players, and the like are all capable of outputting sound at a level high enough to damage your hearing. While adults (should) know better and turn the volume down, kids often don’t. Read on as...

Jun 21, 2015

The Walking Dead

What if blood ran out of your ears every time you damaged your hearing? Kids with earbuds, volume cranked up, would have blood streaming down their necks. People coming out of rock concerts would look like the walking dead. But...