Hearing management News

MP3 players put pedestrians at risk

Folks who walk to work or school while listening to music via headphones may want to unplug, with a new US study finding injuries to this group of people tripling since 2004.

Deaf read body language faster

Deaf people who use sign language are quicker at recognising and interpreting body language than hearing non-signers.

Music eases pain for anxious people

Concentrating on music can provide enough distraction to ease the pain of people with significant anxiety, according to a new study.

Noisy toys bad for kids' hearing

Some toys at the top of children's Christmas wish lists could pose a hearing threat, according to researchers.

Deafness shaped Beethoven’s music

Progressive deafness profoundly influenced Beethoven's compositions, prompting him to choose lower-frequency notes as his condition worsened, scientists said.

17 babies born deaf in SA daily

Hearing loss occurs in new born infants more frequently than any other health condition for which new born screening is required.

Men have better 'party' hearing

Men are better than women at determining the location of a sound in a noisy setting, a talent that may have developed through evolution, researchers say.

How focus silences noise

How can someone with perfectly normal hearing become deaf to the world around them when their mind is on something else? Researchers have termed this 'inattentional deafness'.

Human hear through bones underwater

Humans possess the ability to hear far higher pitched sounds when underwater than they can while on terra firma. How can they do it? By "hearing" with their bones rather than through the normal pathways of hearing, researchers report.

BAHA Program launched

Ear surgeon Dr Estie Meyer, head of the new BAHA team at Groote Schuur Hospital, implanted Bone Anchored Hearing Aids (BAHA) into two patients